Hysterectomy and the Alternatives: How to Ask the Right Questions and Explore Other Options

by JanClark (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $11.84

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $5.27

  Around 80,000 women undergo a hysterectomy every year in the United Kingdom. But is the operation always necessary? Many women do not know what is really involved, or that in many cases there are options other than major surgery. This book details the entire process, from patient complaint to post-operative recovery. It outlines the many reasons for the operation, deals sympathetically with intimate physical and emotional concerns, offers practical advice and shares women's exeriences of the trauma. It presents recent medical developments within orthodox medicine and explores in depth whether complementary therapies such as acupuncture, medical herbalism and homoeopathy offer viable alternative treatments. The author has worked as a counsellor for the marriage guidance organization Relate and is founder and chairperson of the Hysterectomy Support Network.