附註:Based on a conference held in the fall of 1989.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-213) and index.
Women, film, and the midlife Sophie's choice : sink or Sousatzka? / Jean Kozlowski -- Meno-boomers and moral guardians : an exploration of the cultural construction of menopause / Joy Webster Barbre -- Metaphors of menopause ; the metalanguage of menopause research / Geri L. Dickson -- Heresy in the female body : the rhetorics of menopause / Jacquelyn N. Zita -- Who needs a menopause policy? / Jill Rips -- Selfish genes and maternal myths : a look at postmenopausal pregnancy / Patricia Smith -- Disease or development : women's perceptions of menopause and the need for hormone replacement therapy / Mary Lou Logothetis -- Making a reasoned choice about hormone replacement therapy / Susan R. Johnson and Kristi J. Ferguson -- The false promises of hormone replacement therapy and current dilemmas / Kathleen I. MacPherson -- A journey to the center of the cell : understanding the physiology and endocrinology of menopause / Ann M. Voda -- Medical decision making : issues concerning menopause / Rosalind Ekman Ladd.
Afterword : creating a visual image of menopause : the Hot flash fan / Ann Stewart Anderson -- Selected interdisciplinary bibliography on menopause / Jill Rips.