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

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

Elinor Cleghorn

521 pages first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative medium-paced

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‘We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body’s mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need th...

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