Gender issues and generalism in medicine

Protecting generalism: moving on from evidence-based medicine?

Quality of decision making in modern health care is defined with reference to evidence-based medicine. There are concerns that this approach is insufficient for, and may thus threaten the future of, generalist primary care. We urgently need to extend our account of quality of knowledge use and decision making in order to protect and develop the discipline. Interpretive medicine describes an alt...

Work-related stress and bullying: gender differences and forensic medicine issues in the diagnostic procedure

BACKGROUND The attention of international agencies and scientific community on bullying and work-related stress is increasing. This study describes the gender differences found in victims of bullying and work-related stress in an Italian case series and analyzes the critical issues in the diagnostic workup. METHODS Between 2001 and 2009 we examined 345 outpatients (148 males, 197 females; mea...

Issues in Internal Medicine

There are many significant internal medicine problems in aerospace medicine. Although discussing them all is beyond the scope of this chapter, the following topics have been selected because of their particular importance or frequency in aviation medicine. The emphasis will be on aeromedical significance, evaluation, and disposition rather than general medical diagnosis and treatment. This emph...

Physical Anthropology and Gender Issues

Gender Issues and Public Health.

Gender is one of the most important considerations in public health research and program implementation. Basic issues such as protecting women from violence, upholding their rights to property and equality in access to health, education, employment, and political participation are important to society and for public health. Gender inequality exists both within and outside the health system and ...