[Menopause, the down side of medicalization].
Over the past 30 years, women have been the target of intense advertising focused on hormone replacement therapy. The author takes a critical look at the distorting nature of this approach, which has succeeded in convincing many Western women that menopause is an illness, and hormone replacement therapy a panacea. Through studies she has consulted, and discussions on the economic situation associated with age and poverty among the elderly, the author underlines that menopause is a lucrative industry. She advances several relevant issues for discussion.
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groupe de recherche multidisciplinaire féministe, Université Laval.
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002170:Canada; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019366:Western World