Bryan Lewis

Fibroids: What Every Woman Should Know About This Uterine Foe Bryan Lewis

This book is about a clear,concise explanation of fibroids and their treatments.¿ Fibroids are common benign tumors of theuterus that have been most frequently treated by hysterectomies.¿ A hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus, however, by removing the uterus, reproductivepotential is eliminated.¿ Most women donot wish to lose their reproductive organs whether or not they are interestedin childbearing functioning. The authors, Myron E. Moorehead, M. D.¿ and Bryan A. Lewis, Ph. D. wrote the book to inform women who have been diagnosed with symptomaticfibroids that there are viable alternatives to hysterectomies for thesuccessful treatment of fibroids.¿Physicians must respond to the strong and growing desire of many womento have a voice in their health care and they must be professionally obligatedto communicate to their patients the option of treatment.¿¿ Today, women want to be informed and activeparticipants rather than passive subjects.¿¿No woman should be subjected to a hysterectomy because of fibroidsunless she has been fully informed about the alternative and agrees to thedecision.