Krishnan, a gynecologist and family practice physician at Columbia U. Barnard College Health Services, considers the controversy surrounding the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine. For parents, women, teenagers, and men, she explains the controversy over making the vaccine mandatory for girls as young as nine, and informs them about infections caused by the virus, related diseases such as cervical cancer, the advantages and disadvantages of the vaccine, the eligibility of adult women, information for parents making a decision for their children, and whether boys should receive it. She includes a chapter consisting of questions from a university town hall meeting, as well as a concluding chapter in which women from developing countries discuss their struggles with cervical cancer and how the vaccine might benefit those parts of the world.(Check Catalog)
