Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

14 reviews

gailfoldenauer's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

emilykfitzgerald's review against another edition

This book gives an interesting glimpse into the history of female healthcare but is severely lacking in intersectionality diversity, mostly of the talking points are from a posh white perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Classism

librijess's review against another edition

emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

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

radfordmanor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

nialiversuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Suicidal thoughts

rosalind's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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