Synopses & Reviews
With more than four million copies sold,
Our Bodies, Ourselves is the classic resource that women of all ages can turn to for information about every aspect of their well-being.
Completely revised for the first time in a decade, these pages give women everything they need for making key decisions about their health from definitive information from today's leading experts to personal stories from other women just like them. This updated edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves includes the latest on:
- Nutrition and exercise
- Relationships, sexuality, and sexual health
- Complementary health practices
- Reproductive choices, pregnancy, and childbearing
- Growing older
- Medical testing and procedures
Together with its companion website (www.ourbodiesourselves.org),
Our Bodies, Ourselves is a one-stop resource for women of all generations. Plus: The rearranged food pyramid, a chapter about sexual orientation and gender identity, advice for making safer sex more fun, the latest on breast-feeding, support for women experiencing pregnancy loss, and a section devoted to getting the best care in today's complicated health care system.
Review
"The best women's health reference book I've ever seen." Julianne Moore
Synopsis
With more than four million copies sold, "Our Bodies, Ourselves" is the classic resource that women of all ages turn to for information about every aspect of their well-being. Completely revised for the first time in a decade, this edition provides all the information women need to make key decisions about their health.
About the Author
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective is a nonprofit organization devoted to education about women and health.
Table of Contents
Introduction A Letter from Founders of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective
Taking Care of Ourselves 1: Body Image
2: Eating Well
3: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Mood-Altering Drugs
4: Our Bodies in Motion
5: Complementary Health Practices
6: Emotional Well-Being
7: Environmental and Occupational Health
8: Violence and Abuse
Relationships and Sexuality 9: Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
10: Relationships with Men
11: Relationships with Women
12: Sexuality
Sexual Health 13: Sexual Anatomy, Reproduction, and the Menstrual Cycle
14: Safer Sex
15: Sexually Transmitted Infections
16: HIV and AIDS
Reproductive Choices 17: Considering Parenting
18: Birth Control
19: Unexpected Pregnancy
20: Abortion
Childbearing 21: Pregnancy
22: Childbirth
23: The First Year of Parenting
24: Childbearing Loss
25: Infertility and Assisted Reproduction
Growing Older 26: Midlife and Menopause
27: Our Later Years
Medical Problems and Procedures 28: Unique to Women
29: Special Concerns for Women
Knowledge Is Power 30: Navigating the Health Care System
31: The Politics of Women's Health
32: Organizing for Change
Glossary
Resources
The Production Team for Our Bodies, Ourselves 2005
Authorship and Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
Index