Our bodies, ourselves for the new century : a book by and for women / the Boston Women's Health Book Collective.

Contributor(s): Boston Women's Health Book Collective [author.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: A Touchstone bookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 1998Edition: Newly revised and updatedDescription: 780 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0684842319 (paperback)Uniform titles: Our bodies, ourselves Subject(s): Women -- Health and hygiene | Women -- Diseases | Women -- PsychologyLOC classification: RA778 .O87 1998
Contents:
Taking care of ourselves -- Relationships and sexuality -- Sexual health and controlling our fertility -- Child-bearing -- Knowledge is power.
Summary: A guide to women's health, including information on breast cancer, AIDS, pregnancy and childbirth, and medical practices and procedures. The essential resource on women's health and sexuality comes of age in this newly revised and updated edition of a long loved classic. Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century reflects the vital health concerns of women of diverse ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and sexual orientations. In these pages, women will find new information, resources, including web sites, and personal support for the decisions that will shape their health and their lives, from living a healthy life, to relationships and sexuality, to child bearing, growing older, dealing with the medical system, and organizing for change. This is a book for women of all generations to use, to rely on, and to share with others. The definitive consumer health reference for women of all ages and ethnic groups, this book encompasses such controversial issues as managed care and the insurance industry; breast cancer treatment options; recent developments in contraception; and much more.
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Revised edition of : Our bodies, ourselves, 1984

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Taking care of ourselves -- Relationships and sexuality -- Sexual health and controlling our fertility -- Child-bearing -- Knowledge is power.

A guide to women's health, including information on breast cancer, AIDS, pregnancy and childbirth, and medical practices and procedures. The essential resource on women's health and sexuality comes of age in this newly revised and updated edition of a long loved classic. Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century reflects the vital health concerns of women of diverse ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and sexual orientations. In these pages, women will find new information, resources, including web sites, and personal support for the decisions that will shape their health and their lives, from living a healthy life, to relationships and sexuality, to child bearing, growing older, dealing with the medical system, and organizing for change. This is a book for women of all generations to use, to rely on, and to share with others. The definitive consumer health reference for women of all ages and ethnic groups, this book encompasses such controversial issues as managed care and the insurance industry; breast cancer treatment options; recent developments in contraception; and much more.