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Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients

8 reviews
Richard P. Dickey

EMIS, 2007

Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients - 11th ed. (2002)
An excellent reference guide and teaching text for every clinician who has a personal relationship with patients of reproductive age. The book fits in a lab coat pocket and has a unique design, which enables the user to find critical information quickly and easily. It is strongly recommended to physicians, residents, nurse practitioners and all other medical professionals in an OB/GYN clinic or ...

Pill:, The: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World

4 reviews
Bernard Asbell

Random House, 1995

capitvating read
A wonderful account of the scientific, medical, political and social contexts surrounding the research and development of the oral contraceptive pill...something I realize that we take for granted and revolutionized our view of ourselves and our way of looking at the future.

Take Control of Your Period

3 reviews
Diana Kroi

Berkley Trade, 2004

An Insightful and Informative Resource
I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about the workings of the female reproductive system, but it turns out I was virtually clueless how birth control works on the body and changes the information we got in middle school Health class. Dr. Diana Kroi goes through each birth control method available worldwide, explains how the method works on the body and how it can be modified and utilized to ...

The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse/the Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who ...

2 reviews
Carl Djerassi

Basic Books, 1998

No regrets.
Revealing autobiography of the scientist who transformed the world by synthesizing the Pill. "I have no regrets that the Pill has contributed to the sexual revolution of our time and perhaps expedited it, because most of those changes in sexual mores would have happened anyway." Djerassi give us an incisive picture of his personal life. But the biggest part of this book tells the intriguing story ...

Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America

5 reviews
Andrea Tone

Hill and Wang, 2002

The Secret History of Sex and Birth Control
When I reviewed this extraordinary book for THE NATION Magazine (issue of June 11, 2001) my piece was entitled "The Secret History of Sex." It's fun to scoop the N.Y. TIMES.! The lead review in the NY Times Book Review for July 22, 2001 is also of DEVICES AND DESIRES, and is entitled "The Secret History of Birth Control." DEVICES AND DESIRES is so original, so persuasive, so ...

Contraceptive Technology, 19th Edition (Contraceptive Technology)

7 reviews
Robert A. Hatcher, James Trussell, ...

Thomson Reuters, 2008

Crucial Desk Reference
This is an integral desk reference for the reproductive health educator. This text outlines all that there is to know to date about contraceptive methods and their function. I don't inted to part with this until the 19th edition is released.

Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy

28 reviews
T. S. Wiley, Julie Taguchi, ...

Collins Living, 2003

Menopause...do your research!!!!!
Ladies....how many of your friends have been diagnosed with cancer...how many of your daughters take birth control pills...female cancer is an deadly epidemic and this book will tell you why it has happened and what to do. Ms Wiley has written a great book on the overview of the BIG LIE that American medicine has (and still is) telling women.Any Dr who suggests synthetic hormones has NO CLUE ...

On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970

2 reviews
Elizabeth Siegel Watkins

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001

A superbly presented medical and social history.
Elizabeth Watkins' On The Pill: A Social History Of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970 is an informative social history of oral contraceptives covers the period from 1950-70, when the pill was at its strongest development and played a major role in changing women's lives. Chapters survey the contraceptive revolution and common misconceptions surrounding it in a set of coverages on both medical and ...

The Fertility Doctor: John Rock and the Reproductive Revolution
Margaret Marsh, Wanda Ronner

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

As Louise Brown -- the first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization -- celebrates her 30th birthday, Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner tell the fascinating story of the man who first showed that human in vitro fertilization was possible. John Rock spent his career studying human reproduction. The first researcher to fertilize a human egg in vitro in the 1940s, he became the nation's leading figure in the treatment of infertility, his clinic ...

Reproductive Rights and Wrongs (Revised Edition): The Global Politics of Population Control

1 review
Betsy Hartmann

South End Press, 1999

Frightening and revealing
The research is painstaking and relentlessly documented. Statistics and anecdotal evidence are interwoven flawlessly, bringing home the human reality and demonstrating the full scope of the problem. I recommend this book, without qualification, to everyone concerned with reproductive politics regardless of where they stand on the prolife/prochoice spectrum.

Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use
Who

World Health Organization, 2005

This publication is the companion guideline to WHO's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use. It aims to improve access to quality care in family planning by providing guidance on the safe and effective use of contraceptive methods once they are deemed to be medically appropriate. The book is intended to be used by policy-makers, programme managers and the scientific community, and aims to provide guidance to national family planning ...

Expanding access to emergency contraception: the case of Brazil and Colombia.(International Planned ...
Angela Heimburger, Claudia Gras, ...

Reproductive Health Matters, 2003

This digital document is an article from Reproductive Health Matters, published by Reproductive Health Matters on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 6957 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Expanding access to emergency ...

Herbal Birth Control: A Brief History With Ancient and Modern Herbal Recipes

2 reviews
Rob Roy McGregor

Cloud Chief Publishing, 1993

Finally!
It was so nice to find out that there are people out there who understand that not ALL women are constantly trying to get pregnant! This little book was packed with great information. Any feminist should appreciate the style of this book, as well as anyone into locating their own herbs. (There are illustrations of most herbs mentioned). Also, it was much appreciated that the author recognized ...

Teens fear long-term effects of birth control.(Hormonal contraception): An article from: Pediatric News
Michele G. Sullivan

International Medical News Group, 2004

This digital document is an article from Pediatric News, published by International Medical News Group on July 1, 2004. The length of the article is 753 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Teens fear long-term effects of birth ...

WHO/CONRAD technical consultation on nonoxynol-9, World Health Organization, Geneva, 9-10 October 2001: ...
Tim Farley

Reproductive Health Matters, 2002

This digital document is an article from Reproductive Health Matters, published by Reproductive Health Matters on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 4517 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: WHO/CONRAD technical ...

Atlas of Contraception, Second Edition: Second Edition (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VISUAL MEDICINE SERIES)
I. Pramilla Senanayake, Malcolm Potts

Informa HealthCare, 2008

This revised and updated atlas provides a comprehensive guide to modern contraceptive practice, and is filled with full-color photographs, illustrations, and line drawings that guide the reader through the various contraceptive options available and provide valuable educational resources that cover the following topics: family planning and practice methods in-depth contraceptive analysis contraceptive counseling reproductive health ...

Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers
World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research (WHO/RHR) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (CCP), 2007

This new handbook offers clinic-based health care professionals the latest guidance on providing contraceptive methods. One of the World Heath Organization s Four Cornerstones of Family Planning Guidance, the book has been prepared through a unique collaboration between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the United States Agency for International Development and over 30 organizations around the world.

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