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The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America
Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
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Description for The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America
Paperback. Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
In the first complete history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Elizabeth Siegel Watkins illuminates the complex and changing relationship between the medical treatment of menopause and cultural conceptions of aging. Describing the development, spread, and shifting role of HRT in America from the early twentieth century to the present, Watkins explores how the interplay between science and society shaped the dissemination and reception of HRT and how the medicalization-and subsequent efforts toward the demedicalization-of menopause and aging affected the role of estrogen as a medical therapy. Telling the story from multiple perspectives-physicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers, government regulators, feminist health activists, and ... Read more
In the first complete history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Elizabeth Siegel Watkins illuminates the complex and changing relationship between the medical treatment of menopause and cultural conceptions of aging. Describing the development, spread, and shifting role of HRT in America from the early twentieth century to the present, Watkins explores how the interplay between science and society shaped the dissemination and reception of HRT and how the medicalization-and subsequent efforts toward the demedicalization-of menopause and aging affected the role of estrogen as a medical therapy. Telling the story from multiple perspectives-physicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers, government regulators, feminist health activists, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894862
SKU
V9780801894862
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About Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
Elizabeth Siegel Watkins is a professor in the History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, and author of On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America
This is an excellent book, and one I would heartily recommend to anyone with an interest in the history of the health sciences or the history of the women's movement. Doody's Review Service 2007 Much has been written about post-menopausal estrogen therapy... This wonderful book tells the story.
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2007 A good ... Read more
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2007 A good ... Read more