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Is menstruation obsolete?

Title
Is menstruation obsolete? / by Elsimar M. Coutinho, with Sheldon J. Segal.
Author
Coutinho, Elsimar M.
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
Segal, Sheldon J. (Sheldon Jerome)
Description
xvi, 190 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
"Is Menstruation Obsolete? argues that regular monthly bleeding is not the natural state of women and that it actually places them at risk of several medical conditions of varying severity. The authors maintain that while menstruation may be culturally significant, it is not medically meaningful. Moreover, they propose that suppressing menstruation has remarkable health advantages."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Menstruation disorders
  • Menstruation > Social aspects
  • Generative organs, Female > Diseases
  • Women > Health and hygiene
  • Menstruation Disturbances
  • Menstruation
  • Social Conditions
  • Women
  • Health
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Menstruation in Western Civilization -- 2. Menstruation: The Basis of Therapeutic Bloodletting -- 3. Why Women Menstruate -- 4. Premenstrual Syndrome -- 5. Menstrual Cycle-Related Disorders -- 6. Natural Suppression of Menstruation -- 7. Medical Suppression of Menstruation -- 8. In Support of Menstruation -- 9. Absence of Menstruation and Disease -- 10. Conclusion.
ISBN
0195130219 (cloth :alk. paper)
LCCN
99017765
OCLC
  • 40698640
  • ocm40698640
  • SCSB-4787514
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries