Hysterectomy Before & After: A Comprehensive Guide to Preventing, Preparing For, and Maximizing Health [Paperback]

Those who devote themselves to patient study of this none-too-accessible guide will be rewarded with some of the most up-to-date research available on hysterectomy. They'll receive an in-depth anatomy lesson and will be guided step-by-step through the diagnosis of diseases that can lead to hysterectomy. Cutlerfounder of the Stanford Menopause Study and the Women's Wellness Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvaniawill coach them in alternative treatments and advise them of post-surgical care. Most important, her readers may be spared the trauma of an unnecessary surgical procedure. However, only the most dedicated will wade through the author's welter of references, clinical charts and dense prose. Much of the text reads like a textbook, replete with documentation, scholarly apparatus and medical minutiae. Probably not for the average reader, Cutler's book nevertheless contains information useful in helping others through (or around) this controversial medical procedure.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

"Must reading for all women advised to have a hysterectomy and all women who have had one." -- -- R. Don Gambrell, Jr., M.D., Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia

"Must reading for all women advised to have a hysterectomy and all women who have had one...[and] all physicians performing them."--R. Don Gambrell, Jr., M.D., Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Medical College of Georgia

Winnifred B. Cutler received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and did postdoctoral work at Stanford University, where she established the Stanford Menopause Study. She is the coauthor of two previous books and cofounder of the Women's Wellness Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Her research has been featured in many national publications, and she is a frequent guest on television and radio programs. Dr. Cutler lives in Haverford, PA.