Abstract
Does “the menopause"? exist? Certainly, from a point of view widely adopted within medicine, it does. For many practitioners and researchers, menopause is to be understood as a purely technical phenomenon. From this viewpoint, it can be satisfactorily described in terms of hormonal changes and their accompanying effects. In particular, according to a popular view, a decline in the circulating levels of the female hormone estrogen is responsible for most of the acute symptoms of menopause and for the epidemiologically defined increase in the risk of certain conditions. Menopause is therefore considered a “deficiency disease"? for which a cure is needed-the logical remedy taking the form of hormonal supplementation or “replacement."?.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Reinterpreting Menopause |
Subtitle of host publication | Cultural and Philosophical Issues |
Editors | Paul A. Komesaroff, Philipa Rothfield, Jeanne Daly |
Place of Publication | Abingdon Oxon UK |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 3-14 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136048944 |
ISBN (Print) | 0415915643, 9780415915649 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1997 |