title: Education of community and health-care providers.
abstract: I submit that education about menopause should rest on three basic assumptions: (1) that menopause requires us to confront the stigma of aging; (2) that menopause is not a disease, but a challenge; and (3) that optimal treatment of the menopausal women needs the informed and educated participation of the patient. If we can agree on this, whether as medical consumers or health-care providers, I think that we can do much to alleviate the present state of confusion.
authors.affiliation: A Friend Indeed Publications, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Cobb
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000523:psychology; D010506:Periodicals as Topic