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Re:Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc ... by modells on Monday August 06, 2018 @04:01PM (#17701215)
In addition to a tendency towards arrogance, doctors hold unconscious biases like everyone. Unsurprising.

Anecdotally, I recently had a same-gender doctor recount his glory day (just one day) in the ER solving a hypertensive crisis by syringe bloodletting onto the floor and tell me that my autonomic dysreflexia was β€œall in my head,” and that fixing stress was the panacea. Meanwhile myoclonus, nystagmus, anhedonia, (autoimmune?) inflammation/swelling, tremors keep getting worse. Thanks doc, you really solved everything.

Re:Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc ... by wahern on Monday August 06, 2018 @07:05PM (#17702537)
Patients also hold unconscious biases. Perhaps patients, especially women, are more equivocal in their accounts when talking to male doctors.