The estrogen elixir : a history of hormone replacement therapy in America / Elizabeth Siegel Watkins...
The estrogen elixir : a history of hormone replacement therapy in America / Elizabeth Siegel Watkins...
The estrogen elixir : a history of hormone replacement therapy in America / Elizabeth Siegel Watkins.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
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N618.17506/8
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 351 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Genesis of the Pill -- 2. Physicians, Patients, and the New Oral Contraceptives -- 3. Sex, Population, and the Pill -- 4. Debating the Safety of the Pill -- 5. Oral Contraceptives and Informed Consent -- 6. Conclusion.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2007.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy--history--United States
- Estrogens--history--United States
- Estrogens--therapeutic use--United States
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Summary
"There can be no doubting the importance of "the pill" in post-World War II America. The commercial availability of the birth control pill in the early 1960s permitted women far greater reproductive choice, created a new set of ethical and religious questions, encouraged feminism, changed the dynamics of women's health care, and forever altered gen...
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Full title
The estrogen elixir : a history of hormone replacement therapy in America / Elizabeth Siegel Watkins.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-340) and index.
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c2007.
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N618.17506/8
Record Identifier
74VK7qEDXq5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7qEDXq5O
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ISBN
9780801868214 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801886023 (hbk.)
9780801886027 (hardcover)
0801858763 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801858765 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801868211 (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
618.175061
MMS ID
991022731349702626
