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The Resource Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain, Abby Norman

Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain, Abby Norman

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"For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands--securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library--that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 272 pages
Isbn
9781568585819
Instance
Label
Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain
Title
Ask me about my uterus
Title remainder
a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain
Statement of responsibility
Abby Norman
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands--securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library--that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition"--
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
618.1
Index
no index present
LC call number
RG483.E53
LC item number
N67 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
WP 390
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Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain, Abby Norman
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272)
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn993419776
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 272 pages
Isbn
9781568585819
Lccn
2017043712
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
(OCoLC)993419776
Label
Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain, Abby Norman
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn993419776
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xii, 272 pages
Isbn
9781568585819
Lccn
2017043712
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
(OCoLC)993419776

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