This was a great read and very timely. It is hard to read this book and not get angry or emotional. The stories and the interviews make it so personal.

This book is one that I would recommend for any medical professional on why women are treated differently. As a medical professional, its important to be unbiased when evaluating a patient.

I really enjoyed a great many things about this book. Characters were fleshed out and the plot was well spaced. Some of the secondary storylines could've used a bit more page space but all in all an enjoyable read!

If you are a woman and seek medical care you have a 10% chance of getting decent care by a knowledgeable professional as the author writes so brilliantly of. Every women should read this book ! . As a chronic pain patient I have been through so much bias as a woman and disinterest, rudeness, incompetence and abusive treatment recently . ( Kaiser has the most abusive worse doctors on the planet) .
So I have been through it all from abuse to incompetence so I was very interested to read this book . I highly recommend all women read this book as it will help you navigate your health through a male dominated, misogynist system that disrespects women and does not have proper training in how to treat us. I learned that most medical schools are not training medical care for women's bodies. The entire system is set up for males. This includes patient care and how they relate to patients. I have no doubt this book will help me navigate an unfair system that I have found to be incompetent for my health treatment. There are so many stories here that are my stories and similar to my experiences. Read this book and take it seriously. The author knows of what she writes and the material is presented well and concise so the most inexperienced reader can benefit from this book

This book made me so angry.
The way women are treated by the health industry is appalling. It's not just patients either, it's female doctors who also have to jump through hoops of fire to get correct diagnoses for themselves! This book is chock full of emotional stories, specifically those concerning brain tumors, heart problems, and chronic illnesses. So often, women are told 'you're just stressed' or 'it's all in your head.'
This book led to me journaling about my own medical experiences, and how I'm realizing just how much of it was due to my age/gender, and how much better off I would have been if doctors had listened to me. I was a child, too young to understand how to advocate for myself. I was lucky in that my mom was a nurse and could do it for me. This book ends with a discussion of how doctor's have been taught not to bring emotions into it, and how that's changing. There's also an important discussion on how to communicate with doctors and advocate with yourself.
This book is full of stories, interviews, and expert insight, making this book so real and legitimate, and really pushing these issues and letting you know how important it is. I think everyone needs to read this, in order to better learn to empathize with and believe women, and that women are not 'little men.' Men have always been, and are still the default anatomical example for humanity, when male and female bodies have very different reactions to similar medical issues.

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It was okay, but it got kind of boring but it was interesting and useful to see how the healthcare system works.

Diagnosis Female is a book that all females and medical professionals should read. The book is well written and informative. A must read.

Five stars! I would give more stars if possible. The format, content and style of this book are all home runs. If you are female, I highly recommend you pick up a copy of this book. If you work in the healthcare industry I recommend you pick up a copy of this book. It's refreshing to see the gender-bias in the medical industry studied and assessed so astutely in a straightforward and engaging style. Thank you, Emily Dwass for writing this book!