Women and doctors : a physician's explosive account of women's medical treatment, and mistreatment, in America today and what you can do about it / John M. Smith.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241).

Contents

1. The health-care problem for women and America :
1. Women in the context of the national picture ;
2. The experience for women in the system ;
3. The behavior of doctors in general ;
4. The miscasting of males as gynecologists ;
5. Women effecting change

2. Real patients, real stories :
6. The marketing of an operation ;
7. Better left alone ;
8. More than a uterus at stake ;
9. An equal-opportunity disease ;
10. A small mistate ;
11. Conspiracy of the brotherhood ;
12. My patients never ask about sex ;
13. A harsh judgment ;
14. One of the best

3. Empowering women :
15. The training of a gynecologist ;
16. Choices of health-care providers ;
17. Obstetricians and midwives ;
18. Looking for Doctor Right

4. Information and advice :
19. When a hysterectomy? ;
20. Postoperative complications ;
21. Pap smears ;
22. Tumors, cysts, and masses ;
23. Common cancers: cervis, breast, and uterus ;
24. Contraception ;
25. Sexually transmitted diseases and vaginal infections ;
26. Endometriosis and menstrual cramps ;
27. Infertility ;
28. Abnormal bleeding and D and C ;
29. Menopause ;
30. Premenstrual syndrome.