Medical Decisions, Estrogen and Aging

The decision-making process that underlies ovarian hormone therapy (HT) is a fallible one. The question is whether or not physicians should prescribe HT to menopausal women, who are at a time in their lives when they are factoring various concerns into their decision to take (or not take) HT. Not on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schulkin, Jay (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Subjects:
Medicine-Research.
Biology-Research.
Aging.
Quality of life.
Medical education.
Medicine-Philosophy.
Biomedical Research.
Ageing.
Quality of Life Research.
Medical Education.
Philosophy of Medicine.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hormone Therapy: Biological, Social, and Medical Context
  • Demythologized Human Decision-Making
  • Autonomic Regulation, Heart, and Strokes
  • Bad News-Good News: Cancers and Bone
  • Brain, Mood, and Cognition
  • Physicians' and Women's Responses to HT Findings: Implications for Continuous Learning and Self-Corrective Inquiry for Physicians.

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