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11875245

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
In 1976, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new requirements for patient labeling for estrogens prescribed for menopausal and postmenopausal women. This paper explores the variety of responses to this proposal from women and their husbands, feminist and consumer activists, physicians, pharmacists, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, as represented in letters written to the FDA. The drug industry and the medical profession opposed patient labeling on the grounds of cost and a resentment of governmental intrusion. Feminists and consumer advocates were in favor of the idea, but the response from current estrogen users was mixed: most women wished to be better informed, but many expressed concern that estrogen would be removed from the market. This ambivalence suggests unresolved tensions regarding conceptions of female aging, the medical management of menopause and aging, informed consent in medicine, and governmental regulation of medical practice. The debate thus represents an important moment in the history of women's health care.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0007-5140
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
"Doctor, are you trying to kill me?": ambivalence about the patient package insert for estrogen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Historical Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't