Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-417) and index.
Contents
A brief history of medicine: a legacy of ignorance -- Science and medicine: where are the women now? -- The research gap -- Women's hearts: the deadly difference -- Breast cancer: malignant neglect -- AIDS: women are not immune -- Surgery: the unkindest cut -- Reproductive health: fertile ground for bias -- From midlife to the mature years: the medicalization of aging -- "It's all in your head": misunderstanding women's complaints -- Women's mental health: a cruel double standard -- Drug marketing: selling women out -- Women and the law: unhealthy judgments -- Women and doctors: a troubled relationship -- The future of women's health.
