Understanding Your Body: Every Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Health [Paperback]

Felicia H. Stewart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1987

Fully illustrated, this comprehensive guide provides answers to any and all women's health questions. Packed with information on dozens of vital issues, this volume is the best and only book women need to understand and cope with all aspects of body care. Photographs and line drawings.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

A most comprehensive, concise, and clearly written guide for the lay person on female health. The authors, who include three gynecologists, have greatly revised, enlarged, and updated their My Body, My Health (1979). They have expanded sections on herpes, infertility, and osteoporosis; revised the chapter on IUDs; and added new chapters on AIDS, toxic shock syndrome, and hysteroscopy. Numerous other topics from changes during puberty to menopause are discussed. Each is explained briefly, yet the discussion is fact-filled and intelligible. Far more complete than The New Our Bodies, Ourselves ( LJ 3/15/85), this belongs in most public libraries. Highly recommended. Florence Scarinci, Nassau Community Coll. Lib., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 899 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (November 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 055334451X
• ISBN-13: 978-0553344516
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,299,139 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An essential book for every woman, August 28, 2000

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This review is from: Understanding Your Body: Every Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Health (Paperback)

This is a book that should be in every home. I have turned to this book so many times that the pages are dog-eared with use. It covers every aspect of womens gynecology health. From tests and procedures to birth control, pregnancy and menopause. From explanations of the common womans yearly exam to basic facts about womans surgery, this book is strongly recommended for women that want to understand their body.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I only wish there was a new edition...., May 7, 2003

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Diane (Glen Allen, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Your Body: Every Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Health (Paperback)

I bought this book back in college - 1988 or so and I still refer to it at least once a year. It was wonderful in explaining that first gynecological exam and still remains a great source of information for basic questions 15 years later. It explains everything from how the reproductive system works to the hysterectomies. It has wonderful information on menstrual cycles, fertility, birth control, sterilization, infections, "female problems", cancer, rape, and surgery. Obviously some of the information on medications and treatments is dated, but the basics will never change. I came today hoping there would be an updated version but I'll have to continue my search for another reference book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Every female should have a copy, April 10, 2005

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Callaloo (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Your Body: Every Woman's Guide to Gynecology and Health (Paperback)

Like so many others, I purchased this book years ago as a college student (02/1988, to be exact) and have relied on it for expert insight on multiple gynecological issues. Just today, my sister-in-law asked a question and I turned to the book for info on in vitro fertilization and voila! It was there! I would highly recommend it for mothers to give to their daughters as it is such a comprehensive guide. My only regret is that there isn't an updated edition. This book is definitely a must-have.