Reviews tagging 'Cancer'
Doing Harm: The Truth about How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery
4 reviews
arayo's review against another edition
informative
sad
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexism, Misogyny, and Medical content
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, Infertility, Ableism, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, and Classism
betsygrace's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This book is a wealth of information! Especially as someone living with endometriosis, I appreciated Dusenberry’s analysis and understanding of what it looks like for people who live with various chronic illnesses and how challenging it can be for them to get help. Great read, wish everyone medical student would read it.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Fatphobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Racism
rayne_1906's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
2.25
4 hours 12 minutes - This book focuses on a very relevant and important issue, but unfortunately is very boring to read. The author has certainly done her research on the topic, but it is presented in a way which is repetitive and dull most of the time. Dusenbery does cover a lot of ground on sexism in medicine, and how this might intersect with other things such as race, class, transphobia, etc., but many parts of this book could have been cut without any impact on the message the book is trying to convey. Definitely makes me want to read more into the subject though.
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Transphobia
eatpotatoes1's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.75
This book is very informative of modern-day problems women face within the medical system but I don't think it represents a POC perspective, or a queer perspective. It is still very informative and worth a read if you want an introductory I would say.
Moderate: Cancer
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