Unwell women : misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
613.0424 C587
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613.0424 C587
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Book
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386 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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40030636814
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-370) and index.
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Cleghorn was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease after a long period of being told her symptoms were anything from psychosomatic to a possible pregnancy. She turned to history for answers, and found an enraging legacy of suffering, mystification, and misdiagnosis. Here she traces the almost unbelievable history of how medicine has failed women by treating their bodies as alien and other, often to perilous effect. In exploring the relationship between women, illness, and medicine, she shows how being unwell has become normalized in society and culture, and that women have long been distrusted as reliable narrators of their own bodies and pain. -- adapted from jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Cleghorn, E. (2021). Unwell women: misdiagnosis and myth in a man-made world . Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cleghorn, Elinor. 2021. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-made World. Dutton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Cleghorn, Elinor. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-made World Dutton, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Cleghorn, Elinor. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-made World Dutton, 2021.
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