Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World is a 2021 non-fiction book by Elinor Cleghorn. Cleghorn provides a cultural history of the impacts of misogyny on western medicine and western medical practice.[1]
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| Author | Elinor Cleghorn |
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| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 2021 |
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| ISBN | 978-0-593-18295-6 |
Summary
editIn Unwell Women, British cultural historian Cleghorn provides a history of the ways in which western medicine has abused and dismissed women and women's health issues.[2][3][4] The book's feminist critiques focus largely on medical practice in the United States and United Kingdom.[5] Cleghorn's research covers over 2000 years, beginning with Hippocrates and continuing to 21st-century medicine.[6] The book has eighteen chapters over three parts: Ancient Greece–Nineteenth Century, Late-Nineteenth Century–1940s, and 1945–present.[7]
Development
editCleghorn was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus in 2010, following her second pregnancy, after dealing with symptoms for more than ten years.[8][5][9] This experience led her to research lupus in the 19th-century which gave her insight into the medical treatment and mistreatment of women's pain.[10] Cleghorn's experiences with lupus are chronicled in Unwell Women.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Gawrylewski, Andrea (May 2021). "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World". Scientific American. 324 (5): 76.
- ^ Merritt, Stephanie (7 June 2021). "Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn review – battle for the female body". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Harrington, Mary. "Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn review — medicine, it's a man's world". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Hoda, Raza S.; Hoda, Syed (10 December 2021). "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World". American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 157 (5): 799. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqab152.
- ^ a b Praseed, Malavika (9 June 2021). "Anguish and Acknowledgment in "Unwell Women"". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Burda, Joan M. (2021). "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World". New York Journal of Books. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Ellialtı-Köse, Tuğçe (7 December 2021). "Book review: Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-made World by Elinor Clegnor". European Journal of Women's Studies. 29: 195–198. doi:10.1177/13505068211065664. S2CID 245110400.
- ^ Buckley, Julia (1 July 2021). "Unwell Women is a 2000-year history of society weaponising medicine against women". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Young, Penny Grace (2021). "Medicine, Myths, and Mystification: On Elinor Cleghorn's Unwell Women". Lady Science. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Poplett, Georgia (4 February 2022). "An interview with Elinor Cleghorn: "History is not a linear road to good"". Lucy Writers Platform. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Bunt, Lydia (14 June 2021). "Elinor Cleghorn: Unwell Women review – misunderstanding and misdiagnosis". theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World". Publishers Weekly. 268 (11): 55–56. 15 March 2021. ISSN 0000-0019.