Publisher's Synopsis
This book challenges both medical and popular stereotypes of women at mid-life. The author argues that healthy mid-life women are being deliberately targeted by vested interests with products and services to sell. In the process, the noraml event of menopause is being redefined as a health hazard which needs to be treated.;This work exposes the pressures which the new preventive medicine, with all its marketing pressure, is now placing on mid-life women. It examines in detail the benefits and risks of intervention such hormone replacement therapy, mammography, and cervical screening. It should be of interest to all women who want to make informed decisions about the health options available to them.
