When Women Get Sick

Name: When Women Get Sick
ISBN: 9798889832317

by Rebecca Bloom

Publisher

Broadleaf Books

Publication

Jul 29, 2025

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Price

26.99

Dimensions

5.75 x 8.75 in

ISBN

9798889832317

Pages

222

Age

Adult 18+

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

Giving women the tools to navigate a healthcare system not built for them.

More than twenty-five years ago, Rebecca Bloom left her post as an employee benefits and compensation lawyer at one of the most well-known New York City law firms to pursue her passion for women's health advocacy. Drawing on her expertise in the complex rules that govern employers, insurers, and medical providers--as well as the dynamics between these stakeholders--Bloom has spent decades empowering women to confidently integrate the information and focus fully on recovery and wellness.

In When Women Get Sick, Bloom offers much-needed insight to women and their supporters, diving into essential topics such as building support networks, taming the insurance beast, communicating with doctors, and staying mindful. She exposes the way the healthcare industrial complex disadvantages women, and she empowers them to find the support they need.

Using women's stories and Bloom's own experience in the trenches, this book guides readers with examples, questions, checklists, useful information, and tips. There's enough stress and fear surrounding cancer and other serious illnesses. Bloom gives women tools to make the best decisions for them in all areas of their healthcare journey.

Awards & Endorsements

Gila Pfeffer, author of Nearly Departed

"Bloom shares expert insider advice on how to cut through the infuriating red tape of a health care system optimized for profit rather than cure. This is the kind of time-saving and lifesaving book that shouldn't be necessary in the first place, but given the shambolic state of access to decent medical care for all, it is imperative reading for women and their careers."

Author(s)

Rebecca Bloom

Rebecca Bloom is a graduate of Yale College and the New York University School of Law. A former workplace and benefits attorney, she has served at Bay Area Cancer Connections for over twenty-six years as a patient advocate and a healthcare, insurance, and workplace advisor for women fighting breast and ovarian cancer. Bloom was a contributing writer to and editor of Breast Cancer in the Workplace, and regularly speaks at conferences and organizations on supporting women as they navigate their health journeys. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.