What People Say
“Sidelined: How Women Can Navigate A Broken Healthcare System by Susan Salenger is a well-researched and intelligently written book that will change the way women handle their health.
The book provides a powerful tool for women to navigate the healthcare system, the guidance they need when it comes to making decisions related to their health, and describes how to create the balance that allows them to function at their optimal levels. Researcher and author Susan Salenger has crafted a book with a message that will wake women up and empower them to disrupt the culture that has forced them to put others first — taking care of children and husbands — while neglecting what really matters about their own health. It is packed with wisdom.
Sidelined: How Women Can Navigate A Broken Healthcare System is written in a conversational tone that instantly engages the readers and the writing is enriched by anecdotes from the author's as well as other people's lives. The beauty of the prose, its fluidity, and the compelling message of this book set it apart. A gem for women who want not only to understand healthcare but to make the right decisions about their health.”
- Bertin Drizller, book commentary, december 28, 2022
“Simply Wonderful! An indispensable resource for women who have ever felt daunted by their interactions with caregivers.”
- Carole Browner, Ph.D., M.P.H. Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA’s Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Departments of Anthropology and Gender Studies
“Sidelined is a game changer of a book for all women. I live in London where our medical system is different, but this book is an incredibly valuable resource — to all women everywhere.
It takes a rigorous look at the obstacles women must overcome to get the best health care. Medicine has often misunderstood and devalued women’s bodies. Through personal stories and extensive research, Salenger highlights how history and gender bias in the medical community have led women to make decisions that are not always in their best interests.
I feel that Salenger’s book is as important a book to women, as the 1970 book, Our Bodies, Ourselves. Sidelined should have pride of place, right alongside it, on every woman’s bookshelf. It’s a revolutionary and publishing milestone.
Sidelined offers a wealth of suggestions on how to get the most out of your healthcare.
An important and necessary book that just might save your life!”
-Brix Smith Start, Musician and Author, The Rise, The Fall, and The Rise - London, England
“Why do so many women have difficulty feeling heard and understood when they visit their doctor? Why are they misdiagnosed more frequently and later than men--even when their symptoms are exactly the same? And why do they suffer more side effects than men from the medications they're prescribed? Sidelined helps to answer those questions.
Backed by extensive research, part memoir, part personal stories, this excellent and informative book offers a voice to those women who have been told (and believed!) that their symptoms are “all in their head.” It provides a useful roadmap on how to get the most effective healthcare and will be a valuable resource for all women interested in improving the quality of their healthcare and making more fully informed decisions.”