Doing Harm

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In this shocking, hard hitting expose in the tradition of Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich, the editorial director of Feministing.com, reveals how gender bias infects every level of medicine and healthcare today leading to inadequate, inappropriate, and even dangerous treatment that threatens women s lives and well being.Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal stories from regular women to provide the first comprehensive, accessible look at how sexism in medicine harms women today In addition to offering a clear eyed explanation of the root causes of this insidious and entrenched bias and laying out its effects, she suggests concrete steps we can take to cure it. Free Download Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I want to take this book to my next doctor s appointment, smack him upside the head with it, and then stand there and read the whole damn thing out loud to him It was infuriating and maddening to read, but it helped me to feel better that I m not the only woman who is fighting the medical syst...I hate to say it, but I found this book pretty repetitive in a lot of spots Each section, regardless of what part of history or which medical issue was being discussed, felt like I was re reading entire paragraphs at some point because so much was constantly being reiterated in the same way Because of that, I also didn t find the writing to be entirely engaging as I expected such a topic to be for me In fact, it was rather dry In this case, that doesn t mean I didn t like the book I though I hate to say it, but I found this book pretty repetitive in a lot of spots ...Important and timely Dusenbery has hit the nail on the head with this book I highlighted so many passages She reveals how at almost every turn women are rendered dismissed, ignored and invisible by the medical system.Women s symptoms are not taken seriously because medicine doesn t know as much about their bodies and health problems And medicine doesn t know as much about their bodies and health problems because it doesn t take their symptoms seriously If you are a woman, have a body and go to the doctor, read this book You will recognise your experience in these pages You will get enraged And you will be joined by many other women.As a sufferer of CFS, I faced years of doctors telling me I was sufferi Women s symptoms are not taken seriously because medicine doesn t know as much about their bodies and health problems And medicine doesn t know as much about their bodies and health problems because it doesn t take their symptoms seriously If you are a woman, have a body and go to the doctor, read this book You will recognise your experience in these pages Y...This was an eye opening read about how poorly women are treated in the medical system Maya Dusenbery examines multiple factors for why medicine tends to be sexist and paternalistic in its care of women, but she also shares countless stories of women who advocated for themselves and for the healthcare they deserved I can t say that this is a pop science read there was an impressive amount of data, acronyms, and medical jargon However, it is well worth the read to explore how women in pain This was an eye opening read about how poorly women are treated in the medical system Maya Dusenbery exa...This book is must read for all women, doctors who care for women, and anyone with girls and women in their lives so, yes everyone As a female physician of color, I know I have come to have antennas up for inherent systemic racism built into our medical education and treatment systems Until this book, however, I did not notice how sexist the medical system is as well As the author notes, so many medical conditions that cause knee jerk negative reactions are experienced mostly by women She a This book is must read for all women, doctors who care for women, and anyone with girls and women in their lives so, yes everyone As a female physician of color, I know I have come to have antennas up for inherent systemic racism built into our medical education and treatment systems Until this book, however, I did not notice how sexist the medical system is as well As the author notes, so many medical conditions that cause knee jerk negative reactions are experienced mostly by women S...A needed update andcomprehensive analysis of the issues raised in Complaints and Disorders The Sexual Politics of Sickness We are in an era, not unlike the era before the discovery of bacterial caused disease The solution is in listening to the sick and afflicted, not discou...I learned a lot of infuriating information from this book that will hopefully improve future interactions I have with doctors I wish, though, that the information had been presented better It was quite a slog, getting through this book Lots and lots of facts, many repetitive and written in a dry, dull style Reading non fiction books like these make me appreciate it when I do come across a piece of non fiction that is well written.What did this book teach me A lot There are two overriding p I learned a lot of infuriating information from this book that will hopefully improve future interactions I have with doctors I wish, though, that the information had been presented better It was quite a slog, getting through this book Lots and lots of facts, many repetitive and written in a dry, dull...A deep dive into decades long practices in science and medicine that disadvantage women from the word go Bad science, prejudicial and paternalistic attitudes by physicians and other care providers, and a persistent belief that women s self reported symptoms are not to be trusted Dusenbery gets into the actual published science behind all the bad science medicine and how the tides are slowly beginning to turn Book 2 of the three Book trifecta coming out 3 6 about women s health and chronic ill A deep dive into decades long practices in science and medicine that disadvantage women from the word go Bad science, prejudicial and paternalistic attitudes by physicians and other care providers,...Would it be inappropriate for me to give a copy of this to every medical professional I meet Or maybe just to a couple of terrible of doctors from my past

Doing Harm
  • 23 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 400 pages
  • 0062470809
  • Maya Dusenbery
  • Doing Harm