{"product_id":"everything-below-the-waist-why-health-care-needs-a-feminist-revolution","title":"Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eElle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e's 30 BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A jaw-dropping investigation into the women's health industry.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eShelf-Awareness \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating examination of the past and present of women's healthcare\" \u003cb\u003e--Delfina V Barbiero, \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must-read for women, especially any woman who might ever need to see a doctor. \" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmerican women visit more doctors, have more surgery, and fill more prescriptions than men. In \u003ci\u003eEverything Below the Waist, \u003c\/i\u003eJennifer Block asks: Why is the life expectancy of women today declining relative to women in other high-income countries, and even relative to the generation before them? Block examines several staples of modern women's health care, from fertility technology to contraception to pelvic surgery to miscarriage treatment, and finds that while overdiagnosis and overtreatment persist in medicine writ large, they are particularly acute for women. One third of mothers give birth by major surgery; roughly half of women lose their uterus to hysterectomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeminism turned the world upside down, yet to a large extent the doctors' office has remained stuck in time. Block returns to the 1970s women's health movement to understand how in today's supposed age of empowerment, women's bodies are still so vulnerable to medical control--particularly their sex organs, and as result, their sex lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this urgent book, Block tells the stories of patients, clinicians, and reformers, uncovering history and science that could revolutionize the standard of care, and change the way women think about their health. \u003ci\u003eEverything Below the Waist \u003c\/i\u003echallenges all people to take back control of their bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJennifer Block\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003eJuly 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781250110053\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 125011005X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Leaf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48830807736572,"sku":"2022","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/4006\/8604\/files\/original_d6bf644c-19e4-4879-a929-3485e943e6fd.jpg?v=1717799968","url":"https:\/\/goldenleafbooks.com\/products\/everything-below-the-waist-why-health-care-needs-a-feminist-revolution","provider":"Golden Leaf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}