Do you feel listened to and understood by your doctor?
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Hello ladies,
An astonishing American study published a few years ago revealed that a woman who has suffered a heart attack has a 5.4% lower risk of dying when she is treated by a female doctor.
This highlights an important issue for us women: male doctors' understanding of their female patients, willingness to listen, to accept their symptoms, etc. Many of us may have experienced this for ourselves, feeling like we haven't been believed or taken seriously by a doctor.
What about you? Have you ever been mistreated or not taken seriously by a male doctor? What happened? Was your diagnosis delayed or were you even misdiagnosed because of it?
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Take care,
Courtney