Eleanor cleghorn is the author of unwell women, mis diagnosis and myth in a man made world. She talks about how gender biases persist in medicine to today. Why are men and women treated differently when they go to the doctor for pain? And what do you think will be the next medical gendebiases that we'll all have to contend with? Please welcome eleanor cleghorn.
A deeply embedded idea in our culture is the sexist notion that men are the “default” human, and women the unknowable “other". Nowhere is this more visible than in the history of medicine, with disastrous consequences for women’s’ health. On the show this week to discuss her new book is Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World. You can check out her book at factuallypod.com/books.
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