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Menopause

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Women’s Health in Clinical Practice

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It is estimated that more than 40 million women will experience menopause during the next 20 years. For most women, approximately one-third of their life will occur in the postmenopausal period (1). Menopause represents a distinct event or stage in the life of a woman that is normal and may have a positive and liberating effect. For a health care provider and for the woman herself, menopause represents an opportunity to assess concerns and implement important disease prevention and health maintenance interventions.

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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE

    Janice E. Nevin MD, MPH

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE

    Deborah Ehrenthal MD, FACP

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    Amy L. Clouse MD

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    Katherine Sherif MD

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Nevin, J.E., Ehrenthal, D. (2008). Menopause. In: Clouse, A.L., Sherif, K. (eds) Women’s Health in Clinical Practice. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-469-8_3

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