Description: FOREWORD BY CAROLYN S. BRATT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION BY JOAN C CALLAHAN PART ONE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS, POLICY, AND PRACTICE Women, Film, and the Midlife Sophie's Choice: Sink or Sousatzka?: Jean Kozlowski Meno-Boomers and Moral Guardians: An Exploration of the Cultural Construction of Menopause Joy Webster Barbre Metaphors of Menopause: The Metalanguage of Menopause Research Geri L. Dickson Heresy in the Female Body: The Rhetorics of Menopause Jacquelyn N. Zita Who Needs a Menopause Policy?: Jill Rips Selfish Genes and Maternal Myths: A Look at Postmenopausal Pregnancy Patricia Smith PART TWO THE HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY DEBATE Disease or Development: Women's Perceptions of Menopause and the Need for Hormone Replacement Therapy Mary Lou Logothetis Making a Reasoned Choice about Hormone Replacement Therapy: Susan R. Johnson and Kristi J. Ferguson The False Promises of Hormone Replacement Therapy and Current Dilemmas: Kathleen I. Macpherson A Journey to the Center of the Cell: Understanding the Physiology and Endocrinology of Menopause Ann M. Voda Medical Decision Making: Issues Concerning Menopause Rosalind Ekman Ladd AFTERWORD: Creating a Visual Image of Menopause: The Hot Flash Fan Ann Stewart Anderson SELECTED INTERDISCIPLINARY BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MENOPAUSE Jill Rips CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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