Tackling Gender Bias in the Healthcare System

JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781805018810

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By Louise Hockings-Thompson, Jinty Sheerin
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JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
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PAPERBACK
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192

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"Gender bias in healthcare is not just persistent: its pervasive. Womens voices have been questioned, minimised, or outright dismissed, often with devastating, even fatal, consequences."



This trailblazing book shines a light on the uncomfortable truths we all need to confront within gender bias in healthcare. Centred on patient stories and lived experience, this comprehensively researched, evidence-based resource amplifies womens voices where they have too often been undermined.

From heart health and reproductive health, to eating disorders, birth trauma, and autism, Jinty Sheerin and Louise Hockings-Thompson invite readers, particularly healthcare professionals, to listen, reflect, and act.

This book is an urgent and compassionate call to action, and a vitally important step towards clinical excellence and womens health.


Jinty Sheerin is a leading advocate for womens health and equality in healthcare. As co-creator and host of the Womenkind Collective: Spill the Tea podcast, an established, independently produced show now in its fifth year, she combines lived experience with evidence-based insight to challenge stigma and drive systemic change in womens health.

Jinty leads the #WheresMyClinic campaign, instrumental in the creation of the NHS Devon Menopause Service, and co-founded Exmouths first Menopause Cafe to foster open, inclusive discussion.

A sought-after speaker and experienced yoga teacher, Jinty brings authenticity, compassion, and clarity to her work-empowering women and inspiring healthcare professionals to deliver equitable, person-centred care.



Lou Hockings-Thompson is a dedicated womens health advocate, public speaker, and co-host of the Womenkind Collective: Spill the Tea podcast and long-time collaborator with Jinty Sheerin. Over the past five years Lou & Jinty have independently researched, written, edited, and produced their award-nominated show into a respected platform for evidence-based conversations around gender bias and womens health. Lou is Jintys key partner in the #WheresMyClinic campaign and co-founder of Exmouths first Menopause Cafe. An engaging speaker who amplifies womens voices and challenge inequalities in healthcare. Drawing on her background as a hairdresser, Lou brings unique insight, warmth, and humour to her advocacy, connecting with womens everyday stories and turning them into powerful calls for change.


Introduction Heart - Your vitals are fine Chronic UTI - Fewer antibiotics than a cat Autism - Boys will be boys, but girls must learn to behave appropriately Ovarian cancer - This hospital contains more of my reproductive system than I do Vulval cancer and Vulval Lichen Sclerosus- If I believed it was herpes, I wouldnt be here now Endometriosis - Youve just got a low pain threshold PMDD - Its all in your head Anorexia - How is she working? She should be dead Birth Trauma - Stop making a fuss, everyone has babies POI - If a species is defined as a creature that can reproduce, what does that make me? Menopause - You cant be in menopause, your boobs are too big Conclusion References Index


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