- Paperback: 560 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; 1 edition (May 26 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671872974
- ISBN-13: 978-0671872977
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.6 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,906,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
In 1971 the Boston Women's Health Collective published its first book, Our Bodies, Ourselves , and thus the field of feminist health care was born. Ourselves, Growing Older began as one chapter of that original work; the Collective published the first edition in 1987. The authors here explain the book's evolution: "Most of us in the Collective were in our twenties and thirties when we first met--now we are heading into the second half of life . . . we fought the medicalization of childbirth; now we move to questioning the medicalization of menopause. We challenge the notion that disability comes inevitably with aging." Clearly what hasn't changed for the Collective since 1971 is the recognition that there is an unbreakable connection between the personal and the political when it comes to health care. For a woman, taking control of one's life and one's body is the most basic feminist principle around, and this book encourages readers to move in that direction, breaking down a formidable barrier of the mind--the fear of growing old. The information given is tailored to the needs and questions of baby-boomers as they enter the second half of life, addressing everything from the lack of clinical studies on aging using women as subjects, to becoming a mother-in-law, to HIV and safe sex. Pages are also devoted to managing finances and current proposals for a U.S. national health care system. Health is a political issue, and good aging means staying healthy--and involved. This is a self-help book with a conscience.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Later life is a time of challenge and opportunity for women. Although they have an average life expectancy of almost 80 years, women often face chronic health and financial problems, caregiving responsibilities, and lack of care for themselves as they age. The original Ourselves, Growing Older (LJ 11/1/87) was one of the first books to focus on the health and social concerns of women over the age of 50. The new edition retains much of the original information on relationships, pregnancy and birth control in midlife, housing, and health conditions but includes significant updates reflecting advances in breast cancer research, nutritional guidelines, menopause, and healthcare reform. It also features an extensive resource list of books, articles, and organizations. Enhanced with photos, poems, and quotations, this work emphasizes empowering older women in all aspects of life. Highly recommended for general and women's health collections.
Karen McNally Bensing, Benjamin Rose Inst. Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Karen McNally Bensing, Benjamin Rose Inst. Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Last summer our vegetable garden yielded small bounty: round pink tennis ball tomatoes ripening among the marigolds in an inferno of sun, captives of ninety degree days, of unwavering heat, fitful squalls of rain that released,not a drenching cool, but drops of water that glanced off tight shiny skins the way globules hiss from a sizzling fry pan. Read the first page
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Last summer our vegetable garden yielded small bounty: round pink tennis ball tomatoes ripening among the marigolds in an inferno of sun, captives of ninety degree days, of unwavering heat, fitful squalls of rain that released,not a drenching cool, but drops of water that glanced off tight shiny skins the way globules hiss from a sizzling fry pan. Read the first page
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Ourselves, growing Older,
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This review is from: New Ourselves, Growing Older: Revised and Updated (Paperback)
This is truely the one comprehensive and excellent book for older women's issues - health (mental and physical), lifestyle and planning for retirement years and beyond. It is clearly written and will be very valuable both in money saved and research based advice. It is a reference book for the life of an older woman.
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This book should be on the hands of every growing and conscious woman. Usually, we take so much care of others, that forget about ourselves.When menopause arrives sometimes it overwhelms us because there are so many changes taking place at the same time.In my case there were more changes between my 48 to 53 years, than the rest of my adult life( between 20 to 40). And that`s too much. This book is about giving us the caring and love we deserve. We are the life givers of humanity !!!! So buy this book and you will treasure it as a gift of love to yourself.
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The Book You Want Your Mom to Have,
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This review is from: New Ourselves, Growing Older: Revised and Updated (Paperback)
After all those well-intentioned your-body-is-changing books your mother foisted on you years ago, here's a chance to return the favor. Like the rest of the Our Bodies series, this is a book that you want to have and keep and share.
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