Our Bodies, Ourselves

(Book - 2011)
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"The gold standard for women's health books, in time for the fortieth anniversary of the book's first publication, featuring new material and a completely updated approach to critical women's health issues. The name "Our Bodies, Ourselves" has become synonymous with women's health and

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"The gold standard for women's health books, in time for the fortieth anniversary of the book's first publication, featuring new material and a completely updated approach to critical women's health issues. The name "Our Bodies, Ourselves" has become synonymous with women's health and protecting it. This updated edition contains vital new information on such issues as the HPV vaccine, changes in the healthcare system, cosmetic surgery, violence against women, healthcare activism in the twenty-first century, and much more. Since its original publication forty years ago, Our Bodies, Ourselves has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, and resources based on the book are available in twenty five languages, in print, digital, and social interactive formats, and Braille. Called "America's bestselling book on all aspects of women's health" and "a feminist classic" by The New York Times, 300,000 copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves have been donated to women's groups around the world, creating an estimated readership of more than 20 million worldwide. This new edition will tie in closely to the group's website, one of the leading online women's health resources and a recipient of citations for its excellent quality from International Planned Parenthood Federation and Scientific American"--
"The 40th Anniversary Edition of America's bestselling women's health book!"--

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Publisher: New York : - Simon & Schuster
Pages: 928
Edition: 40th anniversary Touchstone ed
ISBN: 9781439190661
Language: English
Contents: Our female bodies : sexual anatomy, reproduction, and the menstrual cycle
Intro to sexual health
Body image
Gender identity and sexual orientation
Relationships
Social influences on sexuality
Sexual pleasure and enthusiastic consent
Sexual challenges
Birth control
Safer sex
Sexually transmitted infections
Unexpected pregnancy
Abortion
Considering parenting
Pregnancy and preparing for birth
Labor and birth
Early months of parenting
Miscarriage, stillbirth, and other losses
Infertility and assisted reproductive techonologies
Perimenopause and menopause
Our later years
Selected medical problems
Navigating the health care system
Violence against women
Environment and occupational health
Politics of women's health
Activism in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [827]-836) and index.
Statement of responsibility: Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Physical description: xiii, 928 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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An essential "owner's manual" for women.

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