Do You Really Need Surgery?

Wisconsin Bookwatch, August, 2004

Do You Really Need Surgery?

Michele C. Moore & Caroline de Costa

Rutgers University Press

100 Joyce Kilmer Avene, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8099

www.rutgerspress.rutgers.edu

0813533937, $14.95 1-732-445-7762

In Do You Really Need Surgery?: A Sensible Guide To Hysterectomy And Other Procedures For Women, Michele Moore (a family physician specializing in women's health) and Caroline de Costa (a gynecologist and obstetrician, and a mother of seven who has herself undergone a hysterectomy) combine their more than fifty years of experience to provide accurate and clear information to the reader about the anatomy, physiology, and common gynecological ailments of women. They deftly and accessibly cover diagnosis, alternative surgery, and full details about medical procedure of hysterectomy surgery. Do You Really Need Surgery? also takes the reader through the post-operative phase, explains what to expect and how to make the recovery easier, as well as how to take care after the surgery to insure against post-operative complications. Critically important and very highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating such surgery, Do You Really Need Surgery? also informatively addresses possible non-surgical options.