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11. ibid. For further information, contact: Continued from page 34 12. op.cit., p. 44. 4 Australia: Women's Health Information 13. Love, op. cit., p. 11. Just as basic to full autonomy is control 14. "Treatment of menorrhagia" (Editorial), The Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, of your body and the right to make deci- paneer, 15 August 1987, pp. 375-6. Melbourne; phone (03) 9344 2007. sions about your health and health care on 15. The People's Doctor (newsletter), October ° UK: Campaign Against Hysterectomy the basis of all available information, free 1989. . and Unnecessary Operations on Women, from pressure, scare tactics and outdated i wa op. ct p. 49. PO Box 300, Woking, Surrey GU22 OYE, > s-best pz alis is ti . Robbins, ibid. : doctor-knows-best paternalism. Itis time 49° Ramon Garcia, Celso et al, "Preservation of the England; phone 01483 715435. : we doctors stopped disassembling healthy — Qyary: A Revaluation", Fertility and Sterility - USA: Hysterectomy Education and women. But nothing will change until — 42(4), Oct. 1984, pp. 510-14. Research Services (HERS) Foundation, 422 more women look their doctors in the eye 19. Love, op. cit., p. 176. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA and calmly state their determination to at Meno cep 312 19004; phone (610) 667 7757 (telephone remain intact women."* 55 Achterberg, 7. Woman as Healer, Random consultations offered), fax (610) 667 8096; Century, Sydney, Australia, 1990, p. 128. e-mail, HERSFdn@aol.com; web, Endnotes 23. Archer, op. cit., p. 190. http:/Awww.dca.net/~hers/ 1. Robbins, John, Reclaiming Our Health, HJ 24. ibid. Kramer, California, USA, 1996, p. 125. 25. West, op. cit., p. 19. About the Author: 2. Love, Susan, M.D., Dr Susan Love's Hormone 26. "Hysterectomy: An Important Decision" (pam- Sherrill Sellman runs a private psy- Book, Random House, New York, USA, 1997, p. phlet), Royal Australian College of Obstetricians . . Mt | psy 173. and Gynaecologists, 1987. chotherapy practice | in elbourne, 3. Simkin, Sandra, The Case Against Hysterectomy, 27. "Birthing Issues", Review of Professional Australia, where she resides. She lectures Pandora, London, UK, 1996, p. 8. Indemnity Arrangements for Health Care extensively on women's hormonal health ‘ Archer Tol, Bai ye tiecine Simon & Schuster, poesionals. Department “— pervices and and is a contributing writer to publications ydney, Australia, 1995, p. 193. ealth, Canberra, Australia, p. IL. ; : 5. West, Stanley, Dr, Hysterectomy Hoax, 28. West, op. cit., pp. 28-29. in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Doubleday, New York, 1994, p. 1. 29. Robbins, op. cit., p. 130. United States and Germany. She is also the 6. op. cit., p. 22. 30. Lee, John, M.D., What Your Doctor May Not author of the best-selling book, Hormone 7. op. cit., pp. 23-24. Tell You About Menopause, Warner Books, New Heresy: What Women Must Know About 8. Dennerstein, Lorraine; Wood, Carl; Westmore, York, 1996, p. 241. Their Hormones. Sherrill will soon be com- Ann; Hysterectomy, Oxford University Press, 31. Robbins, op. cit., p. 131. mencing a national lecture tour in Australia; Oxford, UK, 1995, p. 15. 32. Lee, op. cit., p. 242. , we . 9. West, op. cit., p. 9. 33. Robbins, op. cit., p. 132. contact Light Unlimited for schedule details 10. op. cit., p. 21. 34. West, op. cit., p. 189. (see contact info on first page of this article). For further information, contact: Australia: Women's Health Information Centre, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne; phone (03) 9344 2007. 2 UK: Campaign Against Hysterectomy and Unnecessary Operations on Women, PO Box 300, Woking, Surrey GU22 OYE, England; phone 01483 715435. - USA: Hysterectomy Education and Research Services (HERS) Foundation, 422 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004; phone (610) 667 7757 (telephone consultations offered), fax (610) 667 8096; e-mail, HERSFdn@aol.com; web, http://www.dca.net/~hers/ "Just as basic to full autonomy is control of your body and the right to make deci- sions about your health and health care on the basis of all available information, free from pressure, scare tactics and outdated doctor-knows-best paternalism. It is time we doctors stopped disassembling healthy women. But nothing will change until more women look their doctors in the eye and calmly state their determination to remain intact women."* 0 About the Author: Sherrill Sellman runs a private psy- chotherapy practice in Melbourne, Australia, where she resides. She lectures extensively on women's hormonal health and is a contributing writer to publications in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United States and Germany. She is also the author of the best-selling book, Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know About Their Hormones. Sherrill will soon be com- mencing a national lecture tour in Australia; contact Light Unlimited for schedule details (see contact info on first page of this article). NEXUS - 83 — Hysterectomy: Alternatives to Invasive Surgery — Continued from page 34 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1997