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Ask women how many of their common maladies still get untreated or misdiagnosed. White[1] males are extremely over represented in medical literature and resear
by troupo 1y ago
Ask women how many of their common maladies still get untreated or misdiagnosed.
White[1] males are extremely over represented in medical literature and research. And I'm saying it as a white male myself.
[1] This actually has ramifications beyond just gender. See e.g. https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/21/dermatology-faces-reckoning-lack-of-darker-skin-in-textbooks-journals-harms-patients-of-color/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/21/dermatology-faces-reckon...