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Elles 30 BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA jawdropping investigation into the womens health industry. ShelfAwarenessA fascinating examination of the past and present of womens healthcare Delfina V Barbiero, USA TODAYA mustread for women, especially any woman who might ever need to see a doctor. The Washington PostAmerican women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. In Everything Below the Waist, Jennifer Block asks: Why is the life expectancy of women today declining relative to women in other highincome countries, and even relative to the generation before them? Block examines several staples of modern womens health care, from fertility technology to contraception to pelvic surgery to miscarriage treatment, and finds that while overdiagnosis and overtreatment persist in medicine writ large, they are particularly acute for women. One third of mothers give birth by major surgery; roughly half of women lose their uterus to hysterectomy.Feminism turned the world upside down, yet to a large extent the doctors office has remained stuck in time. Block returns to the 1970s womens health movement to understand how in todays supposed age of empowerment, womens bodies are still so vulnerable to medical controlparticularly their sex organs, and as result, their sex lives.In this urgent book, Block tells the stories of patients, clinicians, and reformers, uncovering history and science that could revolutionize the standard of care, and change the way women think about their health. Everything Below the Waist challenges all people to take back control of their bodies.
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Elles 30 BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA jawdropping investigation into the womens health industry. ShelfAwarenessA fascinating examination of the past and present of womens healthcare Delfina V Barbiero, USA TODAYA mustread for women, especially any woman who might ever need to see a doctor. The Washington PostAmerican women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. In Everything Below the Waist, Jennifer Block asks: Why is the life expectancy of women today declining relative to women in other highincome countries, and even relative to the generation before them? Block examines several staples of modern womens health care, from fertility technology to contraception to pelvic surgery to miscarriage treatment, and finds that while overdiagnosis and overtreatment persist in medicine writ large, they are particularly acute for women. One third of mothers give birth by major surgery; roughly half of women lose their uterus to hysterectomy.Feminism turned the world upside down, yet to a large extent the doctors office has remained stuck in time. Block returns to the 1970s womens health movement to understand how in todays supposed age of empowerment, womens bodies are still so vulnerable to medical controlparticularly their sex organs, and as result, their sex lives.In this urgent book, Block tells the stories of patients, clinicians, and reformers, uncovering history and science that could revolutionize the standard of care, and change the way women think about their health. Everything Below the Waist challenges all people to take back control of their bodies.
