From heart disease to IUDs: how doctors dismiss women’s pain.

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From heart disease to IUDs: how doctors dismiss women’s pain.

December 21, 2022

Bever L. Washington Post. December 13, 2022.

Gender and racial bias contributes to inadequate and delayed care. This story focuses on women who have experienced harm due to their pain concerns being marginalized or dismissed.

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