Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

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

11 reviews

justmehayleyb's review

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Medical content, Misogyny, Death, Racism, Cancer, Gaslighting, Infertility, and Sexual assault

catherinedsharp's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.25

Highly informative book. Quite emotional and upsetting at times but really important to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

theythemreads's review against another edition

emotional informative sad

3.75

This book was incredibly hard to read. Reading about how people like you have been violated and dismissed never gets easier. It is interesting though if you are in the right headspace 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Xenophobia, Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Classism, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, Death, Confinement, Child death, and Cancer

missb_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Blood, Misogyny, Rape, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, and Classism

radfordmanor's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Sexual content, Drug use, and Miscarriage

nialiversuch's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, Body horror, Abortion, Drug use, Cancer, Medical content, Racism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Child death, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Classism, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Panic attacks/disorders

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Cancer

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Rape

faduma's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Medical content, Abortion, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, and Terminal illness

marybsimp's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

arachan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

I had to read this book in chunks.  It's a very honest, very thorough look at the way medicine has persistently failed women and people with uteruses.  (Note on that: Cleghorn does not discount trans experience but given the historical record and medicine have been framed through the binary, women is the term used.)

This is a book that baffles and outrages me.  So much that could have been done differently, if the dominant culture was willing to value women and so much of what women got diagnosed was 'I can't be bothered'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Racism, and Medical content