| Description |
1 online resource (386 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"A trailblazing conversation-starting history of women's health-from Ancient Greece to hormones and autoimmune diseases-brought together in a fascinating sweeping narrative"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part One. Ancient Greece--Nineteenth century. 1. Wandering wombs -- 2. Possessed and polluting -- 3. Under her skin -- 4. On her nerves -- 5. Feeling pain -- 6. Contagious pleasures -- 7. Bleeding mad -- 8. Rest and resistance -- Part Two. Late nineteenth century--1940s. 9. Suffrage and suppression -- 10. Birth control -- 11. Feminine radiance -- 12. Lifting the curse -- 13. Dutiful and disciplined -- 14. Control and punish -- Part Three. 1945--Present. 15. Public health, private pain -- 16. Mothers' little helpers -- 17. Our bodies, our selves -- 18. Autoimmune -- Conclusion: Believe us. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Women -- Health and hygiene. |
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Women -- Health and hygiene -- History.
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History. |
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Women patients.
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Women patients. |
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Diagnostic errors.
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Diagnostic errors. |
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Women's Health. |
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Women's Health -- history. |
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Diagnostic Errors. |
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MEDICAL -- Public Health. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cleghorn, Elinor. Unwell women. New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2021 9780593182956 (DLC) 2020053644 |
| ISBN |
9780593182963 (electronic book) |
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0593182960 (electronic book) |
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9780593182956 (hardcover) |
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0593182952 (hardcover) |
| Standard No. |
302226977 |
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