Political Rewind: 'Unwell Women' How Man-Made Medicine Sidelined Women Through History (And Today)
Friday on Political Rewind: Access to health care is one of the more dominant theme in politics here in recent history. Medicaid expansion, private insurance and the value of Obamacare have been debated through many election cycles.\n\nNow writer Dr. Elinor Cleghorn presents us with a new and deeply troubling look at health care and medical treatment.\n\nIn her new book, \u201cUnwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World,\u201d she tells the harrowing story of how medicine has failed women throughout history. She described sexist assumptions about the frailty of women\u2019s bodies, and the ways women have been systemic ignored in matters of their own body. Misconceptions, ignorance and malpractice have been with us since the days of the ancient Greeks, and, alarmingly, are still evident in how a male-dominated medical establishment operates today.\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Elinor Cleghorn \u2014 Author of \u201cUnwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World\u201d\n\nPatricia Murphy \u2014 Political Reporter and Columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution