All in Her Head
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On almost the last page of this book, the author writes: "Among my greatest hopes in writing this book is that it will give women the tools they need to demand the care they deserve. Even in an imperfect system, there is power in understanding how that system works: how best to communicate with your healthcare providers, how to get the most out of those fifteen-minute appointments, how to recognize the work within the categories the system will inevitably sort you into." If this was the author's intention with this book, I'm sorry to say that she failed. The book makes little to no mention of any advice as far as interfacing with medical professionals. Thankfully, based on the description given of the book, this kind of advice wasn't what I was expecting to get out of reading it, but this failure is indicative of the quality of the book as a whole: it is very confused about what it wants to be. I saw another reviewer mention that the book reads more as a history book than a science book; if that's what you're looking for, you're in luck. However, I feel that it wasn't the correct format for presenting the given information. Information about the mistreatment of women by the medical field is given in a somewhat-disorganized fashion (grouped by the systems of the body, despite the fact that going chronologically probably would have made more sense given the tone of the book) while the author insists on stating over and over again that the insane things that scientists/doctors of the past believed about the female body are SO crazy and unbelievable, making quips about their absurdity. The reader knows this and doesn't need to be beaten over the head with it. I had high hopes for this but I fear I'll have to keep looking for a science-framed book about the topic.
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On almost the last page of this book, the author writes: "Among my greatest hopes in writing this book is that it will give women the tools they need to demand the care they deserve. Even in an imperfect system, there is power in understanding how that system works: how best to communicate with your healthcare providers, how to get the most out of those fifteen-minute appointments, how to recognize the work within the categories the system will inevitably sort you into." If this was the author's intention with this book, I'm sorry to say that she failed. The book makes little to no mention of any advice as far as interfacing with medical professionals. Thankfully, based on the description given of the book, this kind of advice wasn't what I was expecting to get out of reading it, but this failure is indicative of the quality of the book as a whole: it is very confused about what it wants to be. I saw another reviewer mention that the book reads more as a history book than a science book; if that's what you're looking for, you're in luck. However, I feel that it wasn't the correct format for presenting the given information. Information about the mistreatment of women by the medical field is given in a somewhat-disorganized fashion (grouped by the systems of the body, despite the fact that going chronologically probably would have made more sense given the tone of the book) while the author insists on stating over and over again that the insane things that scientists/doctors of the past believed about the female body are SO crazy and unbelievable, making quips about their absurdity. The reader knows this and doesn't need to be beaten over the head with it. I had high hopes for this but I fear I'll have to keep looking for a science-framed book about the topic.