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Published on: December 1, 2017
[Gender--an important parameter in medical science]
1Institut for Social Medicin, medicinsk kvindeforskning, Københavns Universitet.
Abstract:
The fact that large areas of medical research have excluded women from studies and clinical trials has been criticised by many. It is also seldom mentioned in textbooks that the two sexes are biologically different. A series of examples of known differences between the sexes are given, as well as their biological and psychological implications for medical scientific theory and treatment. These examples are used to illustrate how incorrect treatment and discrimination of both women and men may take place, if the sex of the patient is not taken into account.
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