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Not necessarily. It could be that only good doctors treat female patients well, while all doctors treat male patients well. For example, if women patients are i
by majos 8y ago
Not necessarily. It could be that only good doctors treat female patients well, while all doctors treat male patients well. For example, if women patients are in some way harder cases while male patients are not, then treatment of women patients may separate good doctors from the rest.
- wahern 8y agoAlternatively, women patients speak differently to male doctors in ways that make it more difficult to make accurate and reliable diagnoses. Educated professionals are certainly capable of exhibiting bias. But professionals are also more aware of the issue, and are even taught (formally and informally) compensating strategies. People off the street? Not so much....
- Broken_Hippo 8y agoOR just that female doctors paid more attention to the fact that heart attack symptoms are different for women than for men. This may be as simple as it affecting them. If the male takes longer to recognise heart attack symptoms of females, it could easily produce worse results. https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease/heart-attack-symptoms https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease/heart-attack...