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Author Dusenbery, Maya, author.

Title Doing harm : the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick / Maya Dusenbery.

Publication Info. New York : HarperOne, [2018]
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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  613.0424 DUSENBERY    Check Shelf
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Edition First edition.
Description 390 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-377) and index.
Contents Part 1. Overlooked and dismissed: a systemic problem -- The knowledge gap -- The trust gap -- Part 2. Invisible women in a "male model" system -- Heart disease and other life-threatening emergencies -- Autoimmune disease and the long search for a diagnosis -- Part 3. Neglected diseases: the disorders formerly known as hysteria -- Chronic pain: "pain is real when you get other people to believe in it" -- The curse of Eve: when being sick is "normal" -- Contested illnesses: when diseases are "fashionable" -- Conclusion.
Summary The editorial director of Feministing.com explains how gender biases are negatively impacting every level of medicine and health care today, arguing that incorrect diagnoses and treatments are threatening women's lives.
Subject Women -- Health and hygiene -- Research.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects.
Sexism in medicine.
Health education.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Women's Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
Health education. (OCoLC)fst00952878
Sexism in medicine. (OCoLC)fst01114722
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Research. (OCoLC)fst01176771
Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects. (OCoLC)fst01176773
ISBN 9780062470805 (hardback)
0062470809 (hardback)
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