Chapter title |
Role of physician gender in drug therapy.
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Chapter number | 10 |
Book title |
Sex and Gender Differences in Pharmacology
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Published in |
Handbook of experimental pharmacology, September 2012
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-642-30726-3_10 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-64-230725-6, 978-3-64-230726-3
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Authors |
Gouni-Berthold I, Berthold HK, I. Gouni-Berthold MD, FRSPH, H. K. Berthold, I. Gouni-Berthold |
Editors |
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek |
Abstract |
There is evidence that female patients receive less intensified drug therapy in many medical conditions than male patients. However, there are only limited data regarding the influence of physician gender on drug therapy. It has been shown, for example, that female physicians tend to adhere more closely to guideline-recommended pharmacotherapy compared to their male counterparts. In some medical conditions where drug therapy is only one among various components of a complex interplay of therapeutic regimes (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, depression, pain management), female physicians seem to achieve better overall intermediate outcomes and some studies suggest that "better" drug therapy is provided by female compared to male physicians. The reasons for the overall better outcomes may be superior communication skills of female physicians, participatory decision making, and consequently improved drug adherence in addition to or in combination with more effective non-pharmacologic treatment results. It is impossible to distinguish between the individual contributions of drug- and nondrug-related influence on such improved outcomes and thus to determine whether they are due to unconfounded physician gender effects on drug therapy. There is until now in no area of medicine evidence to suggest that a patient will consistently receive higher quality of drug therapy by switching to a physician of a specific gender. |
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