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New Book on Hysterectomy to Help Women Make and Informed Decision
by Lise
Introducing a new book to help women and their significant others
make an informed choice about hysterectomy.
MISINFORMED CONSENT
Women's Stories about Unnecessary Hysterectomy
Lise Cloutier-Steele
Foreword by Stanley T. West, M.D.
Overview by Mary Anne Wyatt
Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto
March 2002
The U.S. edition of Misinformed Consent will be released in April 2003.
For more information, contact Next Decade, Inc. of NJ, www.nextdecade.com
"Should be read by every woman contemplating a hysterectomy."
-- Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Ph.D., author of Be an Outrageous Older Woman
By the age of sixty, about one third of all North American women have had a hysterectomy. Most of these procedures are elective, agreed to by women whose doctors said that the uterus has no value beyond reproduction, and that the lost hormones can be replaced artificially.
They are not told that hysterectomy and ovary removal is female castration. They are not warned that hysterectomies can be responsible for dramatic physical and mental anguish in many of the women they have been performed on. They are not told that there are less invasive, more progressive treatments. They are not encouraged to recognize that, in agreeing to this life-altering and irreversible surgery, they may be agreeing to physical, sexual, and psychological mutilation.
In Misinformed Consent, Lise Cloutier-Steele has joined twelve other survivors to speak out about the prejudices and the traumas that accompanied their hysterectomies. Combining these moving personal experiences with reliable advice on alternative treatments, a medical terminology section for easy reference, a list of questions women should ask their doctors before agreeing to the surgery, and a comprehensive resources section, Misinformed Consent will empower women everywhere to demand better and more honest care.
Lise Cloutier-Steele is a professional writer and editor, who has herself had a traumatic experience with hysterectomy. She is the author of Living and Learning with a Child Who Stutters. And she is the recipient of a Canada 125 Award in recognition of a significant contribution to the community and to Canada for her volunteer efforts to help the parents of children who stutter.
Misinformed Consent is available in bookstores across Canada.
To get more information about the book, or to order a copy online of the Canadian edition, go to the author's web site: www.misinformedconsent.com
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