Taking Care of You
by Mary I. O’Connor, M.D., Kanwal L. Haq, M.S.
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Taking Care of You
by Mary I. O’Connor, M.D., Kanwal L. Haq, M.S.
$40.00 Original price was: $40.00.$28.00Current price is: $28.00.
30% OFF
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The empowered woman’s guide to better health
Mary I. O’Connor, M.D. and Kanwal L. Haq, M.S.
This is a book for women, written by women. Its unique approach includes three main sections:
- Women and the current health landscape—the ways in which women access and navigate health care in the United States, today.
- Common clinical conditions-common medical problems impacting women, how they can be prevented, how they are treated and how they differ in women compared with men.
- Taking care of you—changes we can make, as individuals and as communities, to live our healthiest lives!
Proceeds are invested into furthering medical research and education at Mayo Clinic.
Description
The mission in writing this book is to support women in becoming better advocates for their own health, a “what-you-need-to-know” resource on women’s health and a tool that can assist you in asking questions and communicating your health concerns. We know that women do not always receive the same health care as men. Women of lower socioeconomic status and women of color, in particular, experience health care disparities. This is unacceptable, and we want to help change that by empowering all women to be actively engaged with their health care team.
Women’s health is vast in scope. It includes but is not limited to topics such as reproductive, sexual and maternal health. These topics, while important and widely covered, are only a fraction of women’s health. In this book, we did not include subjects such as pregnancy that have many available resources; rather, we focused on conditions that impact women more than men or differently from men, as well as other areas important to women across their lifespans.
Taking Care of You is an easy-to-use and accessible guide to be shared between mother and daughter, sister, aunt, and grandmother — an essential resource for every woman, and those who love her.
Softcover • 8 x 10 inches • 512 pages • Mayo Clinic Press • 2022 • ISBN 9781945564147
The facts
80%
of all health care decisions in the United States are made by women

About the author
Mary I. O’Connor, M.D.
Dr. O'Connor, co-author of Taking Care of You, is an orthopedic surgeon, health equity leader, healthcare entrepreneur, and former U.S. Olympic athlete (Women’s Rowing, 1980). She is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Vori Health, a spine and orthopedic telemedicine company on a mission to empower all people to better health. After a distinguished career at Mayo Clinic where Dr. O’Connor was awarded Professor Emerita status, she went on to lead the Center for Musculoskeletal Care at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Health and was Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine. A passionate…
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About the author
Kanwal L. Haq, M.S.
Kanwal L Haq, M.S., co-author of Taking Care of You, is a medical anthropologist, community organizer, and non-profit consultant. She currently leads the NYC women’s health programs at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. An applied-research scientist dedicated to education and health equity, Kanwal utilizes community-based participatory research and implementation science to build more effective, efficient and equitable systems of care for women across the world. Her desire to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and community resources served as the catalyst for Taking Care of You. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Kanwal worked…
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