Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn's 1981 book, Male Practice: How Doctors Manipulate Women, argues that systemic sexism in medicine leads to unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment of women due to condescending attitudes and financial pressures. The book highlights issues such as excessive testing, over-prescription of psychiatric drugs, unnecessary surgeries like hysterectomies, and challenges conventional hospital birth practices, advocating for home births in some cases.
Author's background:
Robert S. Mendelsohn was a pediatrician who became a vocal critic of the medical establishment
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