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Is menstruation obsolete? / by Elsimar M. Coutinho with Sheldon J. Segal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coutinho, Elsimar M., author.
- Segal, Sheldon J. (Sheldon Jerome), author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Menstruation disorders.
- Menstruation--Social aspects.
- Menstruation.
- Generative organs, Female--Diseases.
- Generative organs, Female.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (209 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The authors argue 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. They maintain that while menstruation may be culturally significant, it is not medically meaningful.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 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; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index
- Notes:
- Rev. edition of: Menstruação, a sangria inútil. São Paulo, SP : Editora Gente, 1996.
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-182) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770738-6
- 1-280-47244-8
- 9786610472444
- 1-4237-6040-9
- 0-19-535151-7
- 1-60256-375-6
- OCLC:
- 191038367
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