I actually have read the book and agree this is a great review. The only comment I have is that I don't believe women are silent on this issue, I believe they are in fact, silenced.

When I think of the complex web of misinformation and ommissions provided to women via their doctors, via organizations (AGOG), via hospital websites, and other so-called medical references where women expect to find trusted information in order to base their decisions.

When I think of what women are told after surgery, when they bring to their doctor's attention that something is wrong, doctors immediately move to drugs, depression, and denial. Women who recognize the shell game that has been played and attempt to take legal action get a sobering dose of how much they didn't know and a woman needs a doctor for expert medical testimony.

When families are destroyed because women cannot explain the depths of what was done to them and its consequences, and friends are unavailable for support because they are sure and have heard this is a routine surgery and other women are fine.

When disability is denied to women after their lives start to flat-line and then fall completely apart as the previously unexperienced health issues mount. Afterall, a woman needs a doctor to provide the medical information to support a disability claim.

The same doctors who prescribe hysterectomy for benign conditions, market it as safe and routine (especially with the latest and greatest technolgy, tecnique), deny/dismiss health complaints post-surgery, block access to disabilty, prescribe ineffective and endless diagnosis and treatments after hysterectomy without identifying the true cause of thier distress - women become effectively silenced.

I agree with reviewer - this silencing must be over.