Misinformed Consent: Women's Stories about Unnecessary Hysterectomy

By Lise Cloutier-Steele

The personal accounts in this collection were written by women who have undergone hysterectomies, and they offer a sobering perspective on the surgery. The potential risks and irreversible... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970090862
• ISBN13: 9780970090867
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Next Decade
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Women of Courage!

The courageous authors of this remarkable book have accomplished the near impossible: They have taken on the medical profession and revealed its LIES AND COVER UPS. These are real stories by real women who TRUSTED THEIR DOCTORS and were BETRAYED, physically and psychologically damaged, and abandoned by those in whom they entrusted their very lives.I can only imagine the pain and torment these women have suffered through their experiences, and the difficulty they must have endured in reliving and writing this book. WE are the beneficiaries of their heinous experiences. "Misinformed Consent" has unlocked the door behind which the careless, deceptive victimization of women has been well hidden. These women educate and inspire..and I, for one, am eternally grateful for their efforts in giving this book to the world."MISINFORMED CONSENT" is THE BOOK every woman MUST read and SHARE with mothers, daughters, sisters and friends.

For the Top of Your Reading List

There is a lot of hype about the glories of [the body] in our news media today, however when it comes to a woman's ...reproductive organs all too often the news we hear is glorifying the hysterectomy. Lise Cloutier-Steel has done an excellent job in bringing information to women from another perspective--the many reasons why our uteri should not be removed and the value of the natural ovarian function for our entire bodies. Adding to this, she has collected stories from women who explain in detail the consequences they have endured from this operation. After reading these experiences, it becomes quite clear that the chance a woman takes undergoing a hysterectomy is far greater than the time and effort it would take to find a uterus-sparing alternative surgery or a medical solution. This book contains many excellent resources, information on compounding pharmacies, medical terminology and questions to ask doctors to help women become truly informed about their own bodies.

Misinformed Consent

This book verifies in haunting accounts that we, as women, are not as enlightened as we'd like to believe we are. The stories in this book identify in easy to understand language, the possible consequences of hysterectomy that doctors somehow "forget" to mention. Each story in this book, while unique, reinforced the other stories.

A Must-Read for ALL Women

"I recently read Misinformed Consent for the first time. Interesting to me that I thought I could simply read it, then put it down. Wrong!!! Instead, I put that day's activities "down", devoured the book, and carried those women's stories with me for the next several days. The impact was profound, even after all this time for me, and having heard so much else about hysterectomy and its aftermath. Wow."- Deb Knutson, Minnesota

The message in this book NEEDS to be read

Misinformed Consent weaves a ribbon from story to story - the common thread - surgical castration and resultant post-operative anatomical, hormonal and psychological changes. None of the women whose stories appear here were prepared for the changes they experienced after surgery. INFORMED consent was not given to these women as crucial and pertinent information was withheld. Generations of women were silenced and made to feel they were alone is they complained after this surgery. Doctors are still denying these consequences can and DO occur FREQUENTLY. The book is not about a select few, the numbers are astounding. This information should be disseminated to women considering hysterectomy. This may well be the trailblazer publication that will begin women taking a stand against conventional medical standards that have been outdated for decades.