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Nora W. Coffey is a women's health advocate, activist, and educator. She founded the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation in 1982. [1]
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Nora W. Coffey is a women's health advocate, activist, and educator. She founded the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation in 1982. [1]
Coffey has lectured in the United States and Europe. She has been a guest lecturer at medical schools, nursing schools for undergraduate, and graduate programs. She has presented papers to Women and Gender Studies Conferences and women’s health organizations. She has also been interviewed by 20/20 , Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue, and Good Morning America . Interviews with Coffey have appeared in the New York Times, [2] [3] Los Angeles Times, [4] Philadelphia Inquirer , Boston Globe, [5] New York Magazine , Newsweek , USA Today, [6] Ms. Magazine, and others. [7]
She has testified at U.S. Food and Drug Administration [8] hearings and works with the FDA to ensure the reporting of adverse events of uterine artery embolization.
Coffey founded the Hysterectomy Educational Resources and Services (HERS) Foundation in 1982. [1] The foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization solely dedicated to the alternatives to, and the aftermath of hysterectomy.
Rick Schweikert's "on becoming," which had its Off-Broadway debut in 2004, was directed by Coffey. It was subsequently seen in 23 cities and produced in Washington, D.C., in 2005. It received praise from Barbara Seaman, health advocate, and author of The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women: Exploding the Estrogen Myth.
Coffey is working toward a sustainable legal remedy to end hysterectomy without the information requisite to informed consent.
Coffey and Schweikert’s book, The H Word, about the physical, political, economic, and social environment surrounding hysterectomy, was published in 2009. [9]
Coffey was honored by the organization Women's Way of Philadelphia at their 32nd Annual Powerful Voice Awards on May 6, 2009. [10]
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Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Supracervical hysterectomy refers to removal of the uterus while the cervix is spared. These procedures may also involve removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy), fallopian tubes (salpingectomy), and other surrounding structures. The term “partial” or “total” hysterectomy are lay-terms that incorrectly describe the addition or omission of oophorectomy at the time of hysterectomy. These procedures are usually performed by a gynecologist. Removal of the uterus renders the patient unable to bear children and has surgical risks as well as long-term effects, so the surgery is normally recommended only when other treatment options are not available or have failed. It is the second most commonly performed gynecological surgical procedure, after cesarean section, in the United States. Nearly 68 percent were performed for conditions such as endometriosis, irregular bleeding, and uterine fibroids. It is expected that the frequency of hysterectomies for non-malignant indications will continue to fall given the development of alternative treatment options.
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