"I trust HRT, not jamu" : the experience of treating menopausal symptoms among urban Malay women

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"I trust HRT, not jamu" : the experience of treating menopausal symptoms among urban Malay women

This paper discusses the experience of treating menopausal symptoms among urban Malay working women in Kuala Lumpur. It attempts to demonstrate that HRT has become a preferred treatment by a number of women resulting in a level of medicalisation of the biological process. This is not to say that all...

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Main Author:	Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
Format:	Proceeding Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/18390/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/18390/1/I_trust_Hrt.pdf

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