Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

29 reviews

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

Super interesting, a frustrating but important read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Medical content

Moderate: Chronic illness, Abortion, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Cancer, Death, and Racism

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.25

Highly informative book. Quite emotional and upsetting at times but really important to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

chronically_theo's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

3.75

This book was incredibly hard to read. Reading about how people like you have been violated and dismissed never gets easier. It is interesting though if you are in the right headspace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Classism, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Cancer

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Death, Chronic illness, Sexism, Ableism, Pregnancy, Medical content, Racism, Medical trauma, Classism, and Colonisation

pipn_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

Really good book, a little bit of a tough read.  Focused mainly on the field of gynaecology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Medical content

Moderate: Cancer, Ableism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Chronic illness

missb_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Classism

gellyreads's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Sexism, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Ableism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual content, Drug use, and Miscarriage

catherineleigh's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abortion, Ableism, Chronic illness, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Rape, and Cancer

beatriks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

I listened to the german Audiobook version that is available on Spotify and I loved it. 
The history is of misogyny and discrimination and mistreatment goes beyond what I knew and is far more shocking than I thought. I'm planning to give the book as a present to some women around me. 

Highly recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Sexual harassment