Menopause, the down side of medicalization
Gendron, C.
Canadian Nurse 96(1): 35-40
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-4581 PMID: 11188678 Document Number: 520790
Over the past 30 years, women have been the target of intense advertising focused on hormone replacement therapy. The author takes a critical look at the distorting nature of this approach, which has succeeded in convincing many Western women that menopause is an illness, and hormone replacement therapy a panacea. Through studies she has consulted, and discussions on the economic situation associated with age and poverty among the elderly, the author underlines that menopause is a lucrative industry. She advances several relevant issues for discussion.