Woman's Body - Hardcover

Miriam Stoppard; Catherine Younger-Lewis

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088850246X ISBN 13: 9780888502469

Publisher: Readers Digest Assn of Canada, 1995

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In one volume, this book looks at everything a woman could want to know about maintaining a healthy mind and body throughout the various stages of her life. The book covers subjects from puberty, fertility, sexuality, diet and nutrition, pregnancy and childcare, to menopause and old age, and is a celebration of the female sex. The book provides facts, up-to-date medical findings, and practical advice in a scrap-book format. Photographs, anatomical diagrams and charts illustrate every aspect of being a woman, including avoiding health risks, managing pregnancy, childbirth and the menopause, as well as being a companion, lover and mother.

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About the Author:

Dr Miriam Stoppard is the best-selling author of pregnancy, childcare and women's health titles. Her books include Conception, Pregnancy and Birth, Baby and Child Health Care and Complete Baby and Child Care.

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This profusely illustrated book provides good, current information about the human female. Her development, anatomy, physiology, mental health, social roles, and sexuality are examined by a group of experts led by contributing editor Stoppard. Diet, exercise, healthcare, contraception, pregnancy, and infertility are also covered. Unfortunately, the information presented here is less comprehensive and less objective than that in The New Our Bodies Ourselves (LJ 2/1/93). There is, for example, little discussion of the controversy associated with hormone replacement therapy. This book also lacks the bibliography and referral sources that appear in the other volume, but the beautiful color photographs, charts, and graphs make the anatomical and physiological concepts and medical procedures very easy to understand. The insets comparing women with men and animals and the historical notes provide interesting sidelights, too. Highly recommended for all collections as a supplement to The New Our Bodies Ourselves.
Barbara M. Bibel. Oakland PL, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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