num_pages: 116
description: Until recently, the general approach of medicine has been "if something is falling, remove it." The key for a patient is not to make "a Supreme Court decision," by taking the number of doctors who say yes versus the number who say no. The objective is to become as well informed as possible and make a decision based on your own preferences and the knowledge that you acquired through appropriate research. Dr. Stanley Birnbaum There once were some solid arguments in favor of hysterectomy versus a myomectomy. Today, many of these arguments are obsolete. Still, gynecology remains a male-dominated specialty, where the bulk of surgeons still hold a "proprietary view of women's bodies." "Doctors respond to what their patients want," and patients now want the whole story.
language: English
title: The Other Choice: A Comprehensive Guide for Women with Fibroids
titlecomplete: The Other Choice: A Comprehensive Guide for Women with Fibroids
publisher: Xlibris Corp