This was just not that great. I could definitely tell that the author is just a doctor, not a writer. I know that it's a book about medicine but I feel like it could have been far more engaging. Chapter after chapter of the same "how this system works" and then "how it's different for men and women." Sometimes it felt like I was reading WebMD. I did kind of enjoy it still because I really like physiology but mehhh.

Also, I felt like the author jumped to conclusions sometimes. One instance I remember is on page 177 after discussing how women are less likely to be given pain medication than men he concludes that it can't be due to discrimination because medical staff is both male and female. I felt like this was such a shallow way of understanding the situation. That's a pretty good way to sum up this book, honestly. Very broad, but shallow. Lots was covered but I never felt like I really dove deep into anything.

Hopefully by the next generation of doctors, we will be saying "Duh!" to the notion of gender differences in medicine, but unfortunately I feel that in clinical practice this paradigm shift has not quite begun yet.

Don't read the chapters on pregnancy if you are pregnant or recently had a kid. Interesting things, especially implications in treatment.

About a 3.5
I read this in chunks, and it was very fascinating. Differences between genders in medicine should be a sort of 'well obviously' kind of thing but it seems that's not the case. Reading that there is more of a move to that is exciting, I just hope it continues in the future.
As far as how approachable this book and readable for a someone not in the scientific field I'd say it's fairly good. I know very little about medicine and bodies besides what I read in books and I was very rarely lost in this, if ever. It had a lot of very interesting facts and studies to look at, and taught me quite a bit. If it seems interesting I do think it's worth reading.

This was a fascinating, if brief, look at the difference between men and women in medicine. As a health care professional, it certainly gave me food for thought and provided interested links to relevant research. However, I did notice a few mistakes throughout the book in terms of writing and grammar which did distract me from the message.

Overall, a fascinating introduction to gender medicine and certainly one I will try to remember in my practice but it could do with a focussed edit and tidy up