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(Clinical Perspectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology.) Edited by Donna Shoupe and Florence P. Haseltine. 261 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1993. $65. ISBN 0-387-97859-3.

The answers that physicians and other health care workers are most likely to be seeking in a book on contraception are predictable. What is the current view of the relation between hormonal contraception and cancer? Do progestins differ in their effects on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism? Do intrauterine devices cause pelvic inflammatory disease? How well do barrier methods prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)? Should adolescents use the Norplant levonorgestrel implant? Is vasectomy associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer? A thin book with the ambitious title Contraception would be a disappointment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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