tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174818662993882005.post6061601082786808329..comments2023-08-13T02:41:59.724-05:00Comments on Daktari: Screw the patient or why I think the medical profession hates womenDaktarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291715601733518982noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174818662993882005.post-24029467188884775352008-08-20T15:56:00.000-05:002008-08-20T15:56:00.000-05:00Great post! This behavior in the medical communit...Great post! <br><br>This behavior in the medical community also carries over to the birthing process. A perfect example: all is going well in a pregnancy, woman is a couple weeks from her due date when all of a sudden her OB starts talking C-section because her baby might be "too big". MIGHT BE. No mention of the inaccuracy of ultrasounds for predicting size late in pregnancy. AlsoMama beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245565933429926406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174818662993882005.post-30878195781350455062008-08-20T21:33:00.000-05:002008-08-20T21:33:00.000-05:00Only had a moment to scan your post, but I think y...Only had a moment to scan your post, but I think you may be interested in a book called "The Mind Has No Sex?" It's a partial history of women in science (from a Euro perspective, at least), showing how institutions provided certain spaces for women to formally and informally contribute to science for years (interesting point: math at one point was thought to be more "natural&Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10444952585830773530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174818662993882005.post-11513344352700643482008-08-22T15:22:00.000-05:002008-08-22T15:22:00.000-05:00Bush hates women too. Yesterday (21 Aug) he releas...Bush hates women too. Yesterday (21 Aug) he released a proposed rule change that strengthens legal protections for health care providers who deny legal medical procedures based on moral or religious grounds. It not only justifies and protects docs who limit access to procedures such as abortion and contraception, but also opens up funding for religious-based pregnancy crisis centers like the oneJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02245252174464804713noreply@blogger.com