Can anyone on the list point me towards resources that discuss gender bias
in diagnosing disease (such as heart disease and mental illness) and in the
prescribing of drugs?
I've heard about a woman who is interested in "genderizing" med school
curriculum and helping ensure that women are included in clinical drug
trials but I am having a terrible time finding out information. The majority
of JAMA and med line sources are about gender differences in physicians, not
their patients.
Specifically, I am interested in finding out if women tend to receive more
(or less) prescription drugs for different illnesses than men do. I've heard
that women are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders than men
for similar symptoms and often it's been the preliminary stages of heart
attacks but I can't seem to find hard data to back this up. Any ideas?
