Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01I9BLFZK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 394 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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She was a fellow at Mother Jones magazine and has worked at the National Institute for Reproductive Health.. Maya Dusenbery is the editorial director of the award-winning site Feministing and regularly addresses college audiences on feminism and online media
About the AuthorMaya Dusenbery is the editorial director of the award-winning site Feministing and regularly addresses college audiences on feminism and online media. She was a fellow at Mother Jones magazine and has worked at the National Institute for Reproductive Health.
A wealth of research has revealed that women often exhibit different symptoms than their male counterparts, suffer disproportionately from many debilitating conditions, and may react differently to prescription drugs and other therapies. And they’re not immune to unconscious biases and stereotypes that can undermine the doctor-patient relationship. Eye-opening and long-overdue, Doing Harm is an empowering call to action for health care providers and all women.. In addition to offering a clear-eyed explanation of the root causes of this insidious and entrenched bias and laying out its effects, she suggests concrete steps we can take to cure it. Yet more than twenty years after the law decreed that women be included in all health-related research and drug development, doctors are still operating with a lingering knowledge gap when it comes to women’s health. Half of all American women suffer from at least one chronic health condition—from autoimmune disorders and asthma to depression and Alzheimer’s disease—and the numbers are increasing. The consequences can be catastrophic: Too often, women are misdiagnosed, poorly treated, and find their complaints dismissed as "just stress" or "all in your head." Meanwhile, they’re getting sicker.Maya Dusenbery brings together scientific and sociological research, interviews with experts within and outside the medical establishment, and personal st