Surgeons and patients sex

Study in the news (Canada) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Angela-Jerath/publication/356887012_Association_of_Surgeon-Patient_Sex_Concordance_With_Postoperative_Outcomes/links/61b2bb4c358cc06c3f9a801b/Association-of-Surgeon-Patient-Sex-Concordance-With-Postoperative-Outcomes.pdf

Other studies of note:

USA study of surgery – didn’t find a link between sex of patients/surgeons and outcomes (but found the older surgeons have lower mortality rates) also found here

Canadian study comparing male and female surgeons outcomes (better as elective, no difference in emergency)

US study of heart attacks in male/female patients and male/female physicians – females do less well when treated by males

big issues in general:

inequity of entry into trials for women and here

heart attacks and differences in treatments

appointments for dementia care

differences in perceptions male/female patients of care

The Peoples’ trial of reading

Comments are closed.