All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today /

All in her head

the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
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Elizabeth Comen MD
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For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed. The notion that female bodies are flawed inversions of the male ideal lingers on, as do the pervasive societal stigmas and ignorance that shape women's health and relationships with their own bodies. The author draws back the curtain on the collective medical history of women to reintroduce us to our whole bodies: how they work, the actual doctors and patients whose perspectives and experiences laid the foundation for today's medical thought, and the many oversights that remain unaddressed. She examines the eleven organ systems to share unique and untold stories, drawing upon medical texts and journals, interviews with expert physicians, and her own observations from treating thousands of women.

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Main Author: Comen, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Women's health services > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > History.
Women > Health and hygiene > Sociological aspects.
Sexism in medicine.
Informational works.
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All in her head
The truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
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