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amjammi's review against another edition
4.0
Thought-provoking, but felt endlessly long and repetitive. However, in part, the repetition reinforces the horror of the situation so much data has been overlooked for so long.
mmartt's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.0
b_ren8's review against another edition
Dense, lots of information, hard to get through. Should pick up again though
madelinerichards's review against another edition
3.0
this took me so long to get through. I tried the audiobook three times before downloading it on my kindle because it was pretty tough to get through listening to it. I eventually ended up going back to the audiobook once I could understand the information being presented slightly better. I think overall this was a good book with lots of good information within it. however, I think almost everything in the book was repeated at least five times in different ways. I don't think this was necessary at all. I understand the importance of the topic, but reiterating the same information in multiple different ways was a little annoying if I'm going to be honest.
jenmangler's review against another edition
4.0
Reading this fabulous book made me so angry that I found myself talking back to the book often (specifically, talking back to the doctor who dismissed a female patient in story after story). One line near the end of the book made me particularly furious and really made me think: "Indeed, the loss of knowledge that has resulted from medicine's distrust of women's accounts is staggering to think about." How different would things be if women had always been believed?
I see that others have complained that the book is repetitive. Yes, the book is repetitive. But that's really the point. Women with a wide variety of conditions face shockingly awful and similar experiences trying to find relief from their suffering. Over and over and over, they have to fight to be believed. The medical profession gets to define what "sick" is and who deserves to be treated, and again and again women are deemed undeserving.
I wish every doctor and researcher would read this book.
I see that others have complained that the book is repetitive. Yes, the book is repetitive. But that's really the point. Women with a wide variety of conditions face shockingly awful and similar experiences trying to find relief from their suffering. Over and over and over, they have to fight to be believed. The medical profession gets to define what "sick" is and who deserves to be treated, and again and again women are deemed undeserving.
I wish every doctor and researcher would read this book.
jmrprice's review against another edition
4.0
This work put into clear text some of my concerns and sadly, my own experience with ‘man medicine’.
This should be required reading for EVERY medical professional - the biases and poor decisions affect not just women, but every human on earth.
This should be required reading for EVERY medical professional - the biases and poor decisions affect not just women, but every human on earth.
herbodyslikeamodernart's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexism, and Medical trauma