L48 Anthro 3283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Alain Resnais, Fetus, Amniocentesis
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Encounters with aging by margaret lock: medical view is variable and there is much disagreement about the symptoms and cause of menopause, narrow view of estrogen imbalances misses social and psychological conditions associated with aging. Hormone replacement therapy leads to much more breast cancer. This therapy is uncommon now: psychological/psychosocial. Stresses and losses are responsible for symptoms. Attitudes toward women and aging are responsible for menopausal symptoms: feminist. Natural developmental process, an inevitable life transition or. Social work/human resource capacity that a western doctor does not engage himself in. Privitization and the new medical pluralism: trained in aspects of women"s health countries, men are completely removed from the birthing experience in many, historically, men were obgyn. Is it being a good parent or a bad parent to get an amnio: testing women, testing the fetus by rayna rapp counselors in ny the proper balance between personal autonomy and. Study of hundreds or patients, nurses, doctors, and genetic.