cover image Outrageous Practices

Outrageous Practices

Leslie Laurence. Fawcett Books, $22.5 (434pp) ISBN 978-0-449-90745-0

Syndicated health columnist Laurance and medical writer Weinhouse (The Healthy Traveler) offer an up-to-date, comprehensive report on the state of women's health care in the U.S. They substantiate their charge that the medical establishment neglects the interests and needs of women. While research on women's reproductive system has been inadequate, women have also been scanted, and often excluded, from studies of ailments afflicting both sexes, such as AIDS, heart disease and obesity. In geriatrics, women are similarly disregarded. The authors' agenda for a ``woman friendly'' system includes ``universal access, affordability and coverage'' at every level of care and age. First serial to Ladies' Home Journal; author tour. (Oct.)