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Backlash exposed the undeclared war against American women in the workplace. The Beauty Myth shattered and forever changed how women perceive themselves. Now, in Outrageous Practices, medical journalists Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse shine a penetrating light on the medical establishment and discover pervasive neglect, rampant gender bias, and systematized discrimination in women's health care - an issue that promises to galvanize women in the nineties. A passionate and illuminating study, Outrageous Practices encompasses what no single book, article, speech, or conference has done - and…
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2 editions- Other · English · 1997Rutgers University Press · 434 pages · 9780813524481
- Other · English · 1994Fawcett Columbine · 434 pages · 9780449907450
Sex discrimination in medicinePrejudiceWomen's HealthWomen's Health ServicesMedicineSexismSex discrimination against womenWomen, health and hygiene