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001			on1143647971
003			OCoLC
005			20210312140757.0
008			200311s2021 bcca b 001 0 eng
040			_aNLC _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dOCLCQ _dNLC _dOCLCF _dNFG
015			_a20200388886 _2can
020			_a9781771647168 _q(softcover)
020			_a1771647167 _q(softcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1143647971
042			_alac
092			_a613.0424 _bJ12
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aJackson, Gabrielle, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPain and prejudice : _bhow the medical system ignores women--and what we can do about it / _cGabrielle Jackson.
263			_a202103
264		1	_aVancouver ; _aBerkeley : _bGreystone Books, _c2021.
300			_a383 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
500			_aPreviously published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2019.
520			_a"One in ten women worldwide have endometriosis, yet it is funded at 5% of the rate of diabetes; women are half as likely to be treated for a heart attack as men and twice as likely to die six months after discharge; over half of women who are eventually diagnosed with an autoimmune disease will be told they are hypochondriacs or have a mental illness. These are just a few of the shocking statistics explored in this book. Fourteen years after being diagnosed with endometriosis, Gabrielle Jackson couldn't believe how little had changed in the treatment and knowledge of the disease. In 2015, her personal story kick-started a worldwide investigation into the disease by the Guardian; thousands of women got in touch to tell their own stories and many more read and shared the material. What began as one issue led Jackson to explore how women - historically and through to the present day - are under-served by the systems that should keep them happy, healthy and informed about their bodies. Pain and Prejudice is a vital testament to how social taboos and medical ignorance keep women sick and in anguish. The stark reality is that women's pain is not taken as seriously as men's. Women are more likely to be disbelieved and denied treatment than men, even though women are far more likely to be suffering from chronic pain. In a potent blend of polemic and memoir, Jackson confronts the private concerns and questions women face regarding their health and medical treatment. Pain and Prejudice, finally, explains how we got here, and where we need to go next."-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen _xHealth and hygiene. _912075
650		0	_aWomen's health services. _9205249
650		0	_aSexism in medicine. _9355145
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