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emi98's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
INFORMATIVE AND NECESSARY. FUCK HYSTERIA
claresugarman's review against another edition
informative
5.0
I hope all doctors and medical researchers read this book. For every woman who has felt ignored and brushed off by doctors - read this one. We have a long way to go.
mathangi's review against another edition
4.0
Such an important book and it left me remembering all the times I have been disbelieved at the doctors office! And why I am always so anxious for a doctors visit everytime. I enjoyed the first 150 odd pages and started feeling the content got pretty repetitive after that. It felt like entire paragraphs were repeated for each disease. The book would have been a much more powerful read had it been written more succinctly and cut short by around a 100 pages.
melissarochelle's review against another edition
4.0
While at times repetitive, Dusenbery delivers an eye-opening look at how women's health is often dismissed and diminished by the physicians and nurses that are supposed to help us. Dusenbery spends a lot of time on hysteria but later highlights specific illnesses that were also likely called "hysteria" by useless doctors. I didn't mind the repetition too much because I took my time reading, by the time I came to the truly repetitive chapters, I was in need of a refresher.
Unfortunately most of the health-related research focuses on men, white men at that. The symptoms of a heart attack differ in men and women, but women are often told they're having a panic attack instead of a heart attack.
Dusenbery does attempt to discuss the intersection of race and gender. One of the beliefs held by some doctors brought up by Dusenbery was also briefly discussed in [b:White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|43708708|White Fragility Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|Robin DiAngelo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548478235l/43708708._SY75_.jpg|58159636]: some doctors believe Black people do not feel pain. There are multiple research papers that discuss this belief despite overwhelming evidence that it simply isn't true. The bullshit that we (as a society) have allowed ourselves to be buried in is appalling. Do better, people.
Unfortunately most of the health-related research focuses on men, white men at that. The symptoms of a heart attack differ in men and women, but women are often told they're having a panic attack instead of a heart attack.
Dusenbery does attempt to discuss the intersection of race and gender. One of the beliefs held by some doctors brought up by Dusenbery was also briefly discussed in [b:White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|43708708|White Fragility Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism|Robin DiAngelo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1548478235l/43708708._SY75_.jpg|58159636]: some doctors believe Black people do not feel pain. There are multiple research papers that discuss this belief despite overwhelming evidence that it simply isn't true. The bullshit that we (as a society) have allowed ourselves to be buried in is appalling. Do better, people.
dmshanmugam's review against another edition
4.0
maybe will write something longer later, but i liked the history of how med school curriculums treat women's health and the summary of government initiatives to address women's health disparities (the first chapter). you could probably skim the rest
it got frustrating that the book took a condescending tone (directed towards Society) when the average person who reads this book is likely to agree that the problems discussed are important. this meant a Lot of sentences like "We need to listen to women." and "It's a shame we've been ignoring women's experiences for so long - we might know more if we hadn't." and "It's remarkable researchers have only started to ask questions now". multiple times per chapter
it got frustrating that the book took a condescending tone (directed towards Society) when the average person who reads this book is likely to agree that the problems discussed are important. this meant a Lot of sentences like "We need to listen to women." and "It's a shame we've been ignoring women's experiences for so long - we might know more if we hadn't." and "It's remarkable researchers have only started to ask questions now". multiple times per chapter
booksthatfeellike's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
a great overview of the way that medicine fundamentally doesn't understand non-cismale bodies!! depressing and validating if you've experienced medical malpractice
cybrarerin's review against another edition
5.0
The medical system is broken, in more ways than one. What it boils down to is that women aren’t believed, and still aren’t believed, about much of anything. Learning to listen to WOMEN in all aspects of our lives would improve so so much.
mimi503's review against another edition
3.0
While this is a very interesting topic, I was a little disappointed in this book. It seemed repetitive and got too bogged down with minute details...really didn't need to be 300+ pages.