Overview
A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of womenās bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around womenās health.
For as long as medicine has been a practice, women's bodies have been treated like objects to be practiced on: examined and ignored, idealized and sexualized, shamed, subjugated, mutilated, and dismissed. The history of womenās healthcare is a story in which women themselves have too often been voicelessāa narrative instead written from the perspective of men who styled themselves as authorities on the female of the species, yet uninformed by womenās own voices, thoughts, fears, pain and experiences. The result is a cultural and societal legĀacy that continues to shape the (mis)treatment and care of women.
While the modern age has seen significant advancements in the medical field, the notion that female bodies are flawed inversions of the male ideal lingers onāas do the pervasive societal stigmas and lingering ignorance that shape womenās health and relationships with their own bodies.
Memorial Sloan Kettering oncologist and medical historian Dr. Elizabeth Comen draws back the curtain on the collective medical history of women to reintroduce us to our whole bodiesāhow they work, the actual doctors and patients whose perspectives and experiences laid the foundation for todayās medical thought, and the many oversights that still remain unaddressed. With a physicianās knowledge and empathy, Dr. ComenĀ follows the road map of the eleven organ systemsĀ to shareĀ unique and untold stories, drawing upon medical texts and journals, interviews with expert physicians, as well as her ownĀ Ā experience treating thousands of women.
Empowering women to better understand ourselves and advocate for care that prioritizes healthy and joyful livesā for us and generations to comeāAll in Her HeadĀ is written with humor, wisdom, and deep scientific and cultural insight. Eye-opening, sometimes enraging, yet always captivating, this shared memoir of womenās medical history is an essential contribution to a holistic understanding and much-needed reclaiming of womenās history and bodies.
This book title, All in Her Head (The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today), ISBN: 9780063293014, by Elizabeth Comen, published by HarperCollins (February 13, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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