Product Description: The male-centered focus of clinical research has led to the understudy and underfunding of women's diseases; the exclusion of women from experimental drug trials; and the failure to understand the health of the elderly, who are mostly female...read more

Product Description: .."". 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...read more

Argues that condescending attitudes towards women have become institutionalized in modern medicine and result in unnecessary, degrading, and dangerous practices

A study of training procedures for women's doctors, the kinds of physicians produced, and the effects on women analyzes the professional attitudes and notes inadequacies and inequalities