All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Record details
- ISBN: 0063293013
- ISBN: 9780063293014
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Physical Description:
320 p. ;
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
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- Recently Published: 5 / 5.0
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Skin (integumentary) : it's what's inside that counts -- Bones (skeletal) : skulls and whalebones -- Muscle (muscular) : who's the weakest of them all? -- Blood (circulatory) : matters of the heart -- Breath (respiratory) : perhaps women breathe different air -- Guts (digestive) : the price of going (and not going) with your gut -- Bladder (urinary) : a thousand years of holding it in -- Defense (immune) : self-sabotage -- Nerves (nervous) : the "bitches be crazy" school of medicine -- Hormones (Endocrine) : the hormone hangover -- Sex (reproductive) : the mother of all moral panics. |
Summary, etc.: | "In the spirit of Sid Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies, a medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around personal health, self-improvement, and the future of healthcare for everyone"-- |
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Subject: | Women's health services History Women Health and hygiene History Women Health and hygiene Sociological aspects Sexism in medicine |
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- 9 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | 362.108 COMEN (Text) | 33750000106220 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 10/22/2024 |