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If we are to counter medical misogyny, women can no longer be treated as unreliable witnesses of their own experience | Alison Downham Moore

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The history of gynaecology fuses innovation, authority and violation – and radical surgery is not the unavoidable answer to sufferingUntil just a few weeks ago, Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome was reduced to ovarian cysts, much to the frustration and confusion of many patients with this systemic endocrine condition. The struggles of people with endometriosis to access patient-centred and appropriate care continue in many countries. These are examples of the despair many patients...

The history of gynaecology fuses innovation, authority and violation – and radical surgery is not the unavoidable answer to suffering

Until just a few weeks ago, Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome was reduced to ovarian cysts, much to the frustration and confusion of many patients with this systemic endocrine condition. The struggles of people with endometriosis to access patient-centred and appropriate care continue in many countries.

These are examples of the despair many patients report when they try to access hormonal and reproductive healthcare, as described by the Australia Institute.

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Alison Downham Moore (ORG) Polyendocrine (ORG) the Australia Institute (ORG)
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