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The issue of gender in medicine and cardiologyThe issue of gender in medicine and cardiology Elisa Lodi 1, 2; Federica Donati 1, 2; Letizia Reggianini 1; Maria Grazia Modena 1, 2 1 Centro P.A.S.C.I.A. (Programma Assistenziale Scompenso cardiaco, Cardiopatie dell'Infanzia e A rischio), AOU Policlinico di Modena 2 Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia Abstract Nella storia la figura della donna medico ha attraversato fasi alterne, arrivando per questo a trovarsi, nel XXI secolo, ancora penalizzata e questo ha avuto un indubbio impatto sull'approccio della medicina alle differenze di genere. Parole chiave: Genere; Sesso; Malattie Cardiovascolari. Abstract In the history of the medicine, the figure of the woman doctor has gone through alternating phases, reaching the 21st century still penalized, and this has had a strong impact on the medical approach to gender differences. While sex defines chromosomal and hormonal identity, gender, which conditions us from birth to the end of life, derives from the relationship of sex with the environment, society, customs, religion. For too long, women's health has been observed with a "bikini" approach (i.e., focused on the reproductive system and secondary sexual characters), ignoring the differences in symptoms, incidence, prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, non-sex-related tumors, bronchopulmonary diseases not exclusively related to smoking. As many screening campaigns have been calibrated on women, just as many have been calibrated exclusively on men, ignoring the existence of pathologies not only sex-related, but also gender-related. The approach to gender medicine should also be shared by male doctors and health professionals, as it would be desirable for medicine to be taught with a gender approach. Key words: Gender; Sex; Cardiovascular Disease. |
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