Medical misogyny in Australian healthcare
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Medical misogyny, where systemic, conscious, or unconscious gender biases affect how a patient is treated by the healthcare system, can create significant gendered imbalances in healthcare.
The issue has gained increasing attention in Australia, as more women share their experiences of being dismissed, ignored or misdiagnosed by medical practitioners.
This paper outlines some causes of medical misogyny and investigates its practical impacts on Australians. To that end, we commissioned YouGov to survey a representative sample of Australians on their experiences of General Practitioners (GPs), finding that women and young people have significantly worse experiences than older men.