Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc Is Female

Re:Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc ... by shadowtree on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:03PM (#17701777)

Well, diagnosis relies on hard data and empathy. It is a personal observation of mine (male) that women have general higher empathy.

For medicine in particular, female biology forces you to experience symptoms and treatments earlier, more often (male teenagers do not experience menstruation and OB/GYN visits, to spell it out).

I can absolutely see how this shapes behavior.

A lot of patients complain about western medicines inhuman conveyor belt methods, which plays into this. Diagnosis practices in TCM are wondrous in comparison (male and female!).

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Re:Women Die More from Heart Attacks Than Men Unless ER Doc ... by wuliwong on Monday August 06, 2018 @06:19PM (#17702267)

I fail to see how your comment supports the claims in the article. If what you say is true than the results would be that in general female doctors are better but this data shows that they are only better with other female patients.

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