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Sex Matters - How male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it (Hardcover)
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Sex Matters - How male-centric medicine endangers women's health and what we can do about it (Hardcover)
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'McGregor is kickass; a respected crusader. If you're a woman,
she's definitely the doctor you'd want to see in an emergency or to
install as head of medical education' The Times A clarion call
about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for
how women can get the right care for their bodies. Sex Matters
tackles one of the most urgent, yet unspoken issues facing women's
health care today: all models of medical research and practice are
based on male-centric models that ignore the unique biological and
emotional differences between men and women - an omission that
endangers women's lives. The facts surrounding how male-centric
medicine impacts women's health every day are chilling: in the ER,
women are more likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis with
regard to opioid use, while men are more likely to be referred for
detoxification; the more vocal women become about their pain, the
more likely their providers are to prescribe either inadequate or
inappropriate pain relief medication; women often present with
nontraditional symptoms of stroke, which causes delays in
recognition by both them and their health professionals; and a
government accountability study found that 80% of drugs that are
withdrawn from the market are due to side effects that happen to
women (a result of testing drugs mostly on men). Leading expert on
sex and gender medicine Dr Alyson McGregor focuses on the key areas
where these differences are most potentially harmful, addressing: *
Cardiac and stroke diagnosis and treatment in women; * Prescription
and dosing of pharmaceuticals; * Subjective evaluation of women's
symptoms; * Pain and pain management; * Hormones and female
biochemistry (including prescribed hormones); * How economic
status, race, and gender identity are additional critical factors.
Not only does Dr McGregor explore these disparities in depth, she
shares clear, practical suggestions for what we can do. A work of
riveting expose, revelatory insights into the medical establishment
and actionable guidance for putting this information to use, Sex
Matters is an empowering roadmap for reinventing modern medicine -
and for self-care.
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