Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 151-154, May 2008

Exposing Gender Bias in Medical Taxonomy: Toward Embracing a Gender Difference Without Disenfranchising Women

  • James D. Katz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Katz is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Rheumatology.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: James D. Katz, MD, FACP, FACR, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Division of Rheumatology, The George Washington University, 3-416, 2150 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037. Fax: 202-741-2490.
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  • Rachel Seaman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Seaman is the Chief Medical Resident in the Department of Medicine.
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  • Shari Diamond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Diamond is a Rheumatologist.

Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

Received 25 February 2008; accepted 11 March 2008.

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PII: S1049-3867(08)00038-8

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2008.03.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 151-154, May 2008

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