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Getting past physicians biases to the correct diagnosis

Posted on October 14, 2008

From MedPage Today (TCT: Primary Care Physicians Think Zebras When Chest Patin Patient Is an Anxious Woman):A stressed out man who sees a primary care physician with symptoms of coronary artery disease (CAD) is more likely to be diagnosed with the condition than a woman with the same complaints, researchers reported here.The implication was clear, said Alexandra J. Lansky, M.D., of Columbia University primary care physicians interpret chest pain or other coronary artery disease symptoms as psychogenic when the patient is an anxious woman. Lansky presented detailed clinical scenarios o...

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