Book review
Book review of The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
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Correspondence: Carlos Sonnenschein carlos.sonnenschein@tufts.edu
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008, 3:1 doi:10.1186/1747-5341-3-1
Published: 2 January 2008Abstract
The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins is a thoroughly documented cautionary tale of the information and advice offered to women in the perimenopausal period of their life, and the consequences of exposure to sexual hormones on their health and wellbeing.