Diagnosis Female: How Medical Bias Endangers Women's Health

by Emily Dwass and Emily Dwass

Book Overview

Why do so many women have trouble getting effective and compassionate medical treatment? Diagnosis Female examines this widespread problem, with a focus on misdiagnosis and gender bias. The book zeroes in on specialties where women are more likely to encounter particularly troubling roadblocks: cardiology, neurology, chronic diseases and obstetrics/gynecology. All too often, when doctors can't figure out what is going on, women receive a diagnosis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538114461
• ISBN13: 9781538114469
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"