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The estrogen elixir : a history of hormone replacement therapy in America /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Beginnings
  • From the "neutral gender" to "feminine forever"
  • Selling estrogen to doctors
  • Selling estrogen to women
  • From hero to villain: estrogen and endometrial cancer
  • Enter the feminists: informing women about estrogen
  • Enter the FDA: a patient package insert for estrogen
  • Resurrecting estrogen, I: osteoporosis and medical science
  • Resurrecting estrogen, II: osteoporosis and American culture
  • Skeptics and believers: varieties of women's responses
  • Weighing the benefits and risks of HRT: estrogen, heart disease, and breast cancer
  • 1992: the year of the menopause
  • Meno-boomers: another generation confronts estrogen
  • The "gold standard": estrogen and the randomized controlled trials.