Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

23 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

reading_for_pluto's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Abortion, Classism, Medical content, Death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Forced institutionalization

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

charbookchar's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Antisemitism, Ableism, Sexism, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Classism, and Medical content

Moderate: Death

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Body horror, Abortion, Drug use, Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Child death, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Classism, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Panic attacks/disorders

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Very interesting history of the trouble that women (in the West) have had regarding illness, medicine, and doctors. There's a consistent theme of women not being listened to when describing their own pain, with doctors deciding it is 'hysteria' or other sexist interpretations. Unfortunately, some of these attitudes still exist today, and I'm sure there are many women who have read this book who can relate to aspects of it, including myself. Some sections can be quite distressing, so I wouldn't recommend this to people who get particularly upset by the subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Abortion, Death, and Infertility

Minor: Cancer, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Miscarriage

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Cancer

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Rape

tetedump's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cancer, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence