AMWA: Cardiovascular Health (Dell women's health) [Mass Market Paperback]

American Medical Women's Association (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2, 1996 | Series: Dell women's health

Written to meet the special needs of women, this comprehensive and informative guide to cardiovascular disease, offers information about risk factors, signs and symptoms, treatment options, and other facts about the number-one killer of American women.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Dell; 1 edition (December 2, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440223148
• ISBN-13: 978-0440223146
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,057,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointment, June 14, 1999

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This review is from: AMWA: Cardiovascular Health (Dell women's health) (Mass Market Paperback)

While well written I did not find this book very informative. I bought it because I believed it would discuss WHY and HOW woman's heart disease is different. It doesn't, except for statements like "Both diagnosis and treatment are often delayed in women, and women are refered for surgery and rehabilitation less often. This could be a factor of access to care, which is also affected by financial concers, psychosocial stress, and family demands that could cause a woman to pay less attention to her own health care needs." It does NOT discuss one of the main problems, which is the treating doctor himself ("Did you have a fight with your husband, Dear.") Or dicuss things like the fact that the Stress Test can be a killer. This is a phamphlet that will tell you what a very patient doctor might. Sorry, there is a lot more I need to know, and the doctors still aren't talking.