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Pill:, The: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World
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 ...
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Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America
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 ...
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Physicians Healed
Cleta Hartman
One More Soul, 1998
The doctors who had to say no - Inspirational stories
Imagine making your way through medical school, learning little or nothing about natural fertility regulation, and prescribing contraceptives only to later learn the potential physical and spiritual damage you may have caused your patient. This is the path traveled by ...
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Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients
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. ...
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Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill
Lara V. Marks
Yale University Press, 2001
Life is more complex
Life is more complex.If you like this important and insightful book you will almost certainly enjoy "single a documentary film'....insightful.expert and humorous....see www.singlefilm.com....the dvd is available on amazon .com
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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 ...
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Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy
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 ...
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Bending the Law: The Story of the Dalkon Shield Bankruptcy
Richard B. Sobol
University Of Chicago Press, 1993
How judges work the law
The book is concerned with a number of tortious claims for punitive damages brought against the A H Robins Company for its reckless marketing of a contraceptive device called the Dalkon Shield. As juries across the United states begin to award huge punitive damages ...
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On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970
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. ...
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Contraceptive Technology, 19th Edition
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.
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Infertility and Contraception: A Textbook for Clinical Practice
Informa Healthcare, 1998
Wonderful Book!!
Lots of information and the largest collection of pictures of primates I've ever seen in one source. Has Prosimians, New World Monkey and Old World Monkeys. This book discusses the differences and similarities of all the groups and uses illustrations to show anatomical ...
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The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse/the Remarkable Autobiography of the Award-Winning Scientist Who ...
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 ...
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Herbal Birth Control: A Brief History With Ancient and Modern Herbal Recipes
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 ...
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No More Periods?: The Risks of Menstrual Suppression and Other Cutting-Edge Issues About Hormones and Women's ...
Susan Rako
Harmony, 2003
Very Insightful
I would have to disagree with the other reviewer. This book was a WEALTH of information! More and more doctors are touting the use of birth control pills and the cessation of our periods as an answer to many of our gynecological ills. After reading Susan's book--as ...
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At Any Cost: Corporate Greed
Morton Mintz
Pantheon, 1985
At Any Cost is a comprehensive view of damage from an IUD
Mintz' book (1985) provides a comprehensive view of the behind the scenes deceitful activities of a pharmaceutical cooporate entity. It also describes how this company blantaly marketed a damaging contraceptive (IUD) in the 1970's to over 4 million women wolrd wide. ...
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