Ourselves, growing older : women aging with knowledge and power / Paula Brown Doress and Diana Laskin Siegal and the Midlife and Older Women Book Project ; in cooperation with the Boston Women's Health Book Collective ; illustrations by Roselaine Perkis.
PARTIAL CONTENTS: Who needs cosmetic surgery? -- Weighty issues -- Eating well -- Birth control for women in midlife -- Childbearing in midlife -- Work and retirement -- Caregiving -- Problems in the medical care system -- Nursing homes -- Joint and muscle pain, arthritis and rheumatic disorders -- Osteoporosis -- Dental health -- Urinary incontinence -- Hysterectomy and oophorectomy -- Hypertension, heart disease, and stroke -- Cancer -- Diabetes -- Gallstones and gallbladder disease -- Vision, hearing, and other sensory loss associated with aging -- Memory lapse and memory loss -- Dying and death -- Changing society and ourselves.
