Gender Medicine, Marek Glezerman, MD
Gender Medicine, Marek Glezerman, MD
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Gender Medicine
The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- and Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment

Author: Marek Glezerman, MD

Narrator: Christopher Solimene

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/14/2017

Synopsis

Over millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences have become culturally obsolete with the overturning of traditional gender roles. But they are nevertheless very real, and they go well beyond the obvious sexual and reproductive variances: men and women differ in terms of digestion, which affects the way medications are absorbed. Sensitivity to pain is dependent on gender. Even the symptoms of a heart attack manifest differently in a man than in a woman.

And yet the medical establishment largely treats male and female patients as though their needs are identical. In fact, medical research is still done predominately on men, and the results are then applied to the treatment of women. This is clearly problematic and calls for a paradigm change—such a paradigm change is the purpose of Gender Medicine.

About Marek Glezerman, MD

Marek Glezerman, MD, is Professor Emeritus Chairman of Gender Medicine and chairman of the Ethics Committee at the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. In the past he has chaired three major departments of obstetrics and gynecology in Israel. He is president of the International Society for Gender Medicine, the founding president of the Israel Society for Gender Medicine, and director of the Research Center for Gender Medicine at Rabin Medical Center. He is also a member of the Israel Ministry of Health's National Council for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genetics and Perinatology. He has written and/or edited five books and has published more than 330 scientific articles in professional journals.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria on December 18, 2018

Interesting to read about the health related differences in both women and men. The author details the evolutionary aspects of these differences as well as the future to come, appropriately citing research and studies. I felt like I gained a new understanding of how being a fetus in the mother’s wom......more

Goodreads review by Charlie on July 27, 2019

This book was fascinating. The main focus of the book is the reality that men and women's bodies are very different. Historically, the field of medicine has treated women's bodies as if they were similar to men's bodies. Research, dosing, treatment, and symptoms have been based on men's health large......more

Goodreads review by Gemma on April 21, 2019

Glezerman writes in a highly relatable and understandable style. I would recommend this book for health professionals, and for those interested in increasing their own medical autonomy and knowledge regarding gender based medical decision making.......more

Goodreads review by Sophy on January 19, 2020

This was a very well written book with plenty of evidence based arguments for supporting a gendered approach to medicine and treatment. The only criticism I have is that the chapters on life in the womb were too long, and the chapter on infertility was unnecessary and protracted (there again I have......more

Goodreads review by Ana-Maria on January 16, 2022

A comprehensive look into the importance of gender and sex of patients in medical practice, “Gender Medicine” provides insightful information on the differences between the sexes when it comes to decision making in patient centered care. The book covers aspects from the basic differences between the......more

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