Doing harm : the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick /: the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maya Dusenbery.
• Authors: Dusenbery, Maya
• Contents: Part 1. Overlooked and dismissed: a systemic problem -- The knowledge gap -- The trust gap -- Part 2. Invisible women in a "male model" system -- Heart disease and other life-threatening emergencies -- Autoimmune disease and the long search for a diagnosis -- Part 3. Neglected diseases: the disorders formerly known as hysteria -- Chronic pain: "pain is real when you get other people to believe in it" -- The curse of Eve: when being sick is "normal" -- Contested illnesses: when diseases are "fashionable" -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (390 pages)
• Subjects: 613/.04244; Social Science -- Women's Studies; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Research; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects; Sexism in medicine; Health education; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Women's Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies; MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery; Health education; Sexism in medicine; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Research; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects; Medical -- Health Care Delivery; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062470812; 0062470817
• Related ISBNs: 9780062470805; 0062470809
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-377) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.