Response of Physicians to Medical Complaints in Men and Women
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Analysis of workups by physicians in response to five common complaints in a sample of 104 men and women found that male physicians take medical illness more seriously in men than in women.
Abstract
Workups by physicians in response to five common complaints in a sample of 104 men and women--52 married couples--were evaluated by chart audit. For the total group of complaints, back pain, headache, dizziness, chest pain, and fatigue, the physicians' workups were significantly more extensive for men than they were for women. These data tend to support the argument that male physicians take medical illness more seriously in men than in women.