Women's health-- missing from U.S. medicine / Sue V. Rosser.

ISBN:

9780585000602

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Author:

Rosser, Sue Vilhauer.

Personal Author:

Rosser, Sue Vilhauer.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 213 pages).

Series:

Race, gender, and science

Contents:

pt. 1. Critiques of the Androcentric Focus in Clinical Research and Practice. 1. Androcentric Bias in Clinical Research. 2. Underdiagnosis and Inadequate Treatment: AIDS and Women. 3. Androcentric Bias in Psychiatric Diagnosis. 4. Separate, but Equal? Women and Obstetrics/Gynecology -- pt. 2. Ignoring Diversity among Women in Clinical Research and Practice. 5. Elderly Women. 6. Women of Color. 7. Lesbians -- pt. 3. Including Women in Medical Education. 8. Feminist Methodologies and Clinical Research. 9. More Than "Add Women and Stir": Integrating Disease and Health of Women into the Medical Curriculum. 10. A Chilly Climate for Women in Medicine. 11. Women's Ways of Knowing: Changing Teaching Techniques and Evaluation. Women and Health: A Selected Bibliography / Edited by Faye A. Chadwell.

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Subject Term:

Sexism in medicine -- United States.

Medicine -- Study and teaching -- United States.

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Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

1994

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Summary

..."" an important book for all women. It fosters an awareness that physicians may lack adequate knowledge to diagnose and treat women appropriately, and that greater attention must be paid to women's health concerns."" -- American Women in Science Magazine

""This fine critical analysis and thorough literature review of androcentrism in medicine is very highly recommended... "" -- Choice

..."" a timely account about the historical fact that women are the forgotten gender in health and mental health research."" -- Science Books and Film

..."" Rosser's reasoned critique is quite digestable and competently frames the key issues facing medical educators charged with improving their focus on women's health."" -- Academic Medicine

The male-centered focus of clinical research has led to the inattention to and underfunding of women's diseases, the exclusion of women from experimental drug trials, and the failure to understand the health of the elderly, most of whom are female. Sue Rosser critiques male-focused medical research and health care practice and explores how medical education could make women's health and well-being share the attention of the medical profession.