Gender Bias: The Effect Of Chronic Illnesses On Women

The diabetes hospitalization rate was higher for males than females, however there was no significant difference in death risk for both male and female.

Women are not as influenced by environmental factors as males and usually develop the disease due to genetic reasons. Estrogen, the primary female sex hormone helps reduce environmental influences by triggering intracellular

Gender differences in the health care sector are constant and inevitable, the life expectancy among women is higher as compared to that of men in almost all parts of the world. However, the extent of gender differences among men and women differ greatly on a global level. Behavioural factors especially the higher prevalence of negative health activities within men provide the fundamental bases for the discussion that the health differs greatly between men and women. The purpose of this study is to conduct an analysis of the effect of gender on attitude towards health behaviour. It evaluates the effects the gender has on a person’s health. It carefully assesses the three different determinants of health that play a major role in effect of gender difference on the health of a person. These determinants are the economic,

I have always had female physicians and it got me wondering if patients of female doctors are more satisfied with their medical experience than are male practitioners’ patients. This thought sparked my interest about the intersectionality of gender and the medical field. I discovered that patients of female practitioners rate their medical visits as more satisfactory, and were more compliant in following their prescriptions. Also, it seems like patients seen by women doctors improve more than those seen their male counterparts in the short term. Additionally, it appears like some of the differences in the ways female physicians and their male peers practice lead to contrariness in satisfactory ratings. Higher satisfaction is possibly attributed

Because COPD has always been thought of as a man’s disease, women are often misdiagnosed.

Health care providers need to be concerned about gender in relation to health. The vast amount of obstacles in healthcare such as access to medical treatment, money for healthcare, and focus on reducing harmful behaviors are all beneficial but do not often address the gender disparities that exist globally (Ostlin, Eckermann, Mishra, Nkowane, & Wallstam, 2006). Women in developing countries often face gender violence, cultural beliefs that do not allow them to receive proper health care, poor nutrition and do not have much choice over the decisions for their bodies (Teweldeberhan, 2016). Along with socioeconomic and cultural background, gender can determine a person’s health beginning from their birth throughout their life.

Several epidemiological and survey research has reported that gender does affect the perception and amount of pain perceived after a procedure. A greater frequencies of pain related symptoms among females than males have been reported in the general population (Unruh_1996; Woodrow_1972; Robinson_2004). A number of explanations for the sex differences in pain responding are offered. For Fillingim (2000), this overrepresentation of women in several pain condition cannot be explained by the greater tendency among females to seek treatment, thus females appear to be at increased risk for experiencing pain-related symptoms . Biologic differences between men and women, such as hormonal differences, and nervous system organizational differences were

Lastly, medical differences effect health. Men are more likely to die from cancer. Where this can be due to gender roles and habits; like smoking, occupational hazards, and risky sexual behavior; it could also be due to genetic components. On the other side of the spectrum, women's medical difference leads them to see the doctor more often, even though they are not ill. This is for their reproductive care, including birth control, prenatal care, and child birth. These differences can lead to the phrase, "Women are sicker; men die

What do you know about health care? Health care a while back was typically focused on men and dismayed the needs of the woman body. When scientists would do studies they believed that the man was equally representative of the two sexes (Blumenthal and Adams). The woman's body is very complex and can not just be simmered down to a generic and generalizing study. It has been a proven fact that healthcare is far more costly for women than it is for men because studies show that women are more vulnerable to certain diseases and conditions (Blumenthal and Adams). One final thing to show the inequality of mens and womens health care is that when a womans spouse passes away or a woman gets a divorce they are much more susceptible to losing their health

When given the thought of what a minority might be, someone will immediately address, Latinos, African-Americans, poor or disabled, however they usually leave Asians out. Even though Asians are the most considerable minority group, but are still being excluded from research, the media and mental health. Adding on, in mental health research, there exists selection bias where they randomly select people who are almost in good condition and are rich or middle class and tend to forget that there is diversity in the whole world. Apart from that, in Asian cultures there lies discrimination and prejudice towards mental disorders because of the generation gap between parents and their offspring. In addition, in certain Asian countries for example,

The increased acknowledgement of gender differences for health and quality of life outcome indicates a necessity for more gender sensitivity and specificity in research undertakings among patients with a myocardial infarction (MI). Heart disease research has historically been focused on middle aged men. The prevalence for cardiac disease in women have been ubiquitous, it was not until the 2000’s, a shift occurred where elderly women were being diagnosed with heart disease (Kristofferson, Lofmark, & Clarlsson 2003). Congruent with the male research focus, cardiac rehabilitation

Is there a gender difference in chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, hypertension and parkinson’s disease, for older adults in North America?

As per the available literature, the possible disciplines showing are epidemiology, pathophysiology, management, research outcomes and clinical research. In these categories of management research, endocardinology, cardiology and neurology are the main areas where sex/ gender differences are most visible. In order to make one aware of the gender differences that exist in major areas of medicine, it is necessary to make one's self aware of the research that is currently taking place and stay up to date. Since there are various studies to establish which areas of medicine have been subjected to gender differences, therefore, going through research papers that would entail the necessary statistical adjustments would make the medical practitioner aware of the areas where these differences have been actually exercised. As per research conducted by Prigione et al. in 2010, various areas of medicine and the respective research statistics have proved the discrepancies in the various areas of medicine concerning gender differences. Making one's self aware of these trends would help the medical practitioner aware of the recent models.

Medicine is oriented to a patriarchy in a range of ways, including the fact that the "typical" patient is assumed to be male. New drugs are more-than-often tested exclusively on men because the protocols exclude any woman who has even the slightest chance of being pregnant, which includes all women from 10 to 60. Since women and men metabolize drugs differently, this is a bias against women. Women also have different symptoms with heart attacks and strokes than do men, which can mean that they do not receive life-giving treatment in time. The ways in which the needs and preferences of female patients are not met proceed from this point through the entire medical system.

Gender bias is the distortion of views and preferences based on the sex of a person. Biases are preformed based on what kind of surroundings a person grows up in and their personal experiences. This bias exists in everyone’s mind and subconsciously make people act and react in different ways based on stereotypes rather than reality (Rhonda. E, Dugan, 2008). Everyone has different views on male masculinity. Even in this day and age where there are equal rights for both sexes there is a patriarchal view about men in society, where they are classed as the stronger sex which has led to the belief that male to female aggression is more serious than female to male aggrrssion (Drijber et al, 2013). Sexual assaults and DV are disproportionately considered as women centric problems. Surveys conducted reports victims in rape cases are 90% women, one in four women are a victim of intimate partner violence and 44% lesbian women and 61% bisexual women have been subjected to physical abuse by a partner or sexual abuse. (Bureau of Justice Satistics and the centres of Disease control and prevention (CDC). These facts combined with preformed notions