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3090.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The panelists of the session, "Women's Health and the Illusion of Choice" will focus on women's health issues that have recently been presented to women as their choice, or even their right, but that are arguably medically unsound or in other ways not as safe, as simple, or as "elective" as they are represented. Three speakers will address elective cesareans, menstruation and the new menstrual suppression birth control pills, and breast enlargement with implants. Each issue will be considered thoroughly, with special attention to evidence not typically addressed in public discussions. The panel as a whole will spark discussion about whether or not “choice” is possible when information is incomplete, inaccessible or misrepresented. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participants will be able to: (1) Discuss the influence of marketing campaigns on the perception of women's right to choose specific medical products and procedures and (2) Identify the necessary components of the informed consent process. | |||
| Cynthia A. Pearson | |||
| Women's health and the illusion of choice Cynthia A. Pearson | |||
| Maternal choice cesarean delivery: Who's doing the choosing? Cynthia A. Pearson | |||
| Myth of the maternal request primary cesarean: Results from Listening to Mothers II Eugene Declercq, PhD, Carol Sakala, PhD, MSPH | |||
| Silicone, safety, and "the right to choose": Breast implants and public health Jane Sprague Zones, PhD | |||
| Menstrual suppression: A choice or an illusion? Sonja Herbert, MPH | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-International Human Rights Committee; Socialist Caucus; Women's Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 134th Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 4-8, 2006) of APHA