| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Revised edition of: Menstruação, a sangria inútil. São Paulo, SP : Editora Gente, 1996. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Menstruation in Western Civilization; 2 Menstruation: The Basis of Therapeutic Bloodletting; 3 Why Women Menstruate; 4 Premenstrual Syndrome; 5 Menstrual Cycle-Related Disorders; 6 Natural Suppression of Menstruation; 7 Medical Suppression of Menstruation; 8 In Support of Menstruation; 9 Absence of Menstruation and Disease; 10 Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Index. |
| Summary |
The authors argue that regular monthly bleeding is not the "natural" state of women, and that it actually places them at risk of several medical conditions of varying severity. They maintain that while menstruation may be culturally significant, it is not medically meaningful. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Menstruation disorders.
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Menstruation disorders. |
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Menstruation -- Social aspects.
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Menstruation -- Social aspects. |
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Generative organs, Female -- Diseases.
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Generative organs, Female -- Diseases. |
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Health and hygiene. |
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Menstruation. |
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Menstruation -- drug effects. |
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Menstruation -- psychology. |
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Menstruation Disturbances. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Segal, Sheldon J. (Sheldon Jerome)
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Coutinho, Elsimar M.
Menstruação, a sangria inútil.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Coutinho, Elsimar M. Is menstruation obsolete?. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195130219 (DLC) 99017765 (OCoLC)40698640 |
| ISBN |
1423760409 (electronic book) |
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9781423760405 (electronic book) |
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1602563756 |
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9781602563759 |
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1280472448 |
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9781280472442 |
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0195130219 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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