The New Ourselves Growing Older [Hardcover]

Paula B. Doress-Worters (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0844668443 | ISBN-13: 978-0844668444 | Publication Date: June 1996

Following in the ground-breaking tradition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, the authors address the special needs of women over 35. By providing the frankest and most complete information ever available on midlife and older women's issues, Ourselves, Growing Older invites women to assume responsibility for their own bodies. Draws on the experiences of scores of women from every walk of life.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In 1971 the Boston Women's Health Collective published its first book, Our Bodies, Ourselves , and thus the field of feminist health care was born. Ourselves, Growing Older began as one chapter of that original work; the Collective published the first edition in 1987. The authors here explain the book's evolution: "Most of us in the Collective were in our twenties and thirties when we first met--now we are heading into the second half of life . . . we fought the medicalization of childbirth; now we move to questioning the medicalization of menopause. We challenge the notion that disability comes inevitably with aging." Clearly what hasn't changed for the Collective since 1971 is the recognition that there is an unbreakable connection between the personal and the political when it comes to health care. For a woman, taking control of one's life and one's body is the most basic feminist principle around, and this book encourages readers to move in that direction, breaking down a formidable barrier of the mind--the fear of growing old. The information given is tailored to the needs and questions of baby-boomers as they enter the second half of life, addressing everything from the lack of clinical studies on aging using women as subjects, to becoming a mother-in-law, to HIV and safe sex. Pages are also devoted to managing finances and current proposals for a U.S. national health care system. Health is a political issue, and good aging means staying healthy--and involved. This is a self-help book with a conscience.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

The Boston Women's Health Book Collective ( Our Bodies, Ourselves ) and the Midlife and Older Women Book Project have produced an outstanding new work focusing on the health, social, and psychological concerns of women in midlife and beyond. Chapters by 45 women cover such topics as birth control and childbearing in middle ageomitted in many women's health manuals. Discussions of diet, health, and family relationships are interspersed with quotes from over 300 women who share their thoughts on growing older. Highly recommended for most collections. Psychology Today Book Club alternate. Karen McNally Bensing, Metropolitan General Hosp. Lib., Cleveland
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844668443
• ISBN-13: 978-0844668444
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,068,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ourselves, growing Older, March 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Ourselves, Growing Older (Paperback)

This is truely the one comprehensive and excellent book for older women's issues - health (mental and physical), lifestyle and planning for retirement years and beyond. It is clearly written and will be very valuable both in money saved and research based advice. It is a reference book for the life of an older woman.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book You Want Your Mom to Have, December 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Ourselves, Growing Older (Paperback)

After all those well-intentioned your-body-is-changing books your mother foisted on you years ago, here's a chance to return the favor. Like the rest of the Our Bodies series, this is a book that you want to have and keep and share.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what a great accomplishment for women's health, August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The New Ourselves, Growing Older (Paperback)

A superb collection of essays on women's health. The information is up to date and plenty of good references are offered for anyone caring to do some deeper research on any of the topics discussed. Every woman over 40 should own this -- if she wants to know how her body works and where to go for help when it's not working right.