Edited by Margaret Rees and Louis G. Keith. 247 pp., illustrated. Abingdon, England, Informa Healthcare, 2007. $100. ISBN 978-0-415-37352-4.
As a gynecologist whose mother is 97 years old and going strong,I found this book intriguing. I read it as a clinician, a medicaleducator, a potential caregiver, and a son. The premise of thebook is certainly valid — as the elderly population growsin both absolute and relative terms, health care for women couldbe improved if clinicians and policymakers had ready accessto evidence-based data that were specific about sex and age.With editors based in Oxford, England, and in Chicago, it isnot surprising that virtually all the contributing authors ofMedical Problems in Women . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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