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A review by dmshanmugam
Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery
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