Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It

Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health and What We Can Do About It

A clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies, from physician and leading expert on sex and gender medicine

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