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Sex and gender differences in primary care help-seeking for common somatic symptoms: a longitudinal study 2023 Ballering, Rosmalen et al

Discussion in 'Other psychosomatic news and research' started by Andy, Mar 31, 2023.

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  1. Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    These people seem to be writing in the 4th century PT.
    (Post-truth that is.)
     
    Jonathan Edwards, Apr 1, 2023
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  2. Kitty

    Kitty Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Why are these people so unembarrassed about doing exercises set to caution undergraduates about using terminology without considering whether they understand it, and actually publishing them?

    Perhaps it's just that I haven't been to university and assume the standards are higher than they really are, so it reads like somebody trying to get employment as a surgeon chucking their instruments in the staffroom dishwasher.
     
    Kitty, Apr 1, 2023
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  3. Hutan

    Hutan Moderator Staff Member

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    That's a really good point. If women are more likely to have their reports of symptoms minimised, disregarded and straight out ignored than men are (and I think we can be pretty sure that is true), it logically means that more contact with the medical system will be required to get to a diagnosis. Of course, that also means that women will be more likely to be labelled as high users of the medical system, and probably as overly emotional as they get increasingly worried and fed-up.

    If there are instances of women as a group having more contact with the medical system than men, it should raise the question 'are there problems in providing efficient effective care to this group?'.
     
    Hutan, Apr 1, 2023
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