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Sex matters : how male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it / Dr. Alyson J. McGregor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGregor, Dr. Alyson J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Women.
- Women's health services.
- Sex discrimination in medicine.
- Women's Health.
- Sexism.
- Medical Subjects:
- Women's Health.
- Sexism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 252 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Quercus Publishing, 2020.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Part 1. How we got here
- Modern medicine is male-centric medicine
- Sex is more than skin deep
- part 2. The six biggest issues facing women's health today
- "Honey, it's all in your head" : women's intuition versus women's imagination
- A deeper sensitivity : the female relationship to pain
- Beyond hormonal : female biochemistry and hormone therapy
- A new perception : gender, culture, and identity medicine
- part 3. Where we're headed
- and what you can do
- A changing conversation : the future of sex and gender research in medicine
- Your voice, your medicine : how to have helpful conversations with your providers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Patrick B. and Anne Gaydosh Hughes Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780306873454
- 0306873451
- Publisher Number:
- 99984949775
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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