Unwell Women
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Unwell Women
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Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history. Over centuries, women's bodies have been demonised and demeaned until we feared them, felt ashamed of them, were humiliated by them. But as doctors, researchers, campaigners and most of all as patients, women have continuously challenged medical orthodoxy. Medicine's history has always been, and is still being, rewritten by women's resistance, strength and incredible courage.
In this ground-breaking history, Elinor Cleghorn unpacks the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification, and misdiagnosis of women's bodies, illness, and pain. From the 'wandering womb' of ancient Greece to today's shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation, and menopause, Unwell Women is the revolutionary story of women who have suffered, challenged, and rewritten medical misogyny.
Drawing on Elinor's own experience as an unwell woman, this is a powerful and timely expose of the medical world and woman's place within it.
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Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn receives acclaim for its thorough and eye-opening exploration of the history of women's health. Readers and critics appreciate its detailed research and engaging storytelling, highlighting the mistreatment and misunderstandings women have faced in the medical field. The book is praised for being both informative and passionately written.
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ISBN: 9781474616874
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 July 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 36.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Dr Elinor Cleghorn is a feminist cultural historian. After receiving her PhD in 2012, Elinor spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Ruskin School, University of Oxford, working on an interdisciplinary medical humanities project. She now works as a writer and researcher, and lives in Sussex. Her own pain and other symptoms were dismissed for seven years before she was finally diagnosed with lupus.
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