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

informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

An interesting and eye opening delve into the relationship of women and healthcare throughout history. Cleghorn discusses topics and examples that have largely been left out of modern narratives of medicine, or ones that are only recently been discussed. She doesn’t reduce the women down to the specific cases in which they were involved. She explores how they might have felt or the context surrounding the case, allowing us the reader to feel connected to the women who came before us. The book is mainly Eurocentric and US focused and a focus on Asian healthcare would’ve also been appreciated. At times it felt too much like narrative, however that may be my own preference for analytical books as the narrative doesn’t take away from the writing.