Women are ill differently than men. They suffer differently, they feel differently, their symptoms are different and the required therapies are often different. Before the virus, cancer, broken bones or inflammation, not all people are the same. The fact that this knowledge is not yet part of medical practice has serious consequences for patients: they are treated later, receive less therapy, are smiled at and their suffering is recognized less quickly and less well. How extensively medicine disadvantages women, why this is the case in almost every area of medicine, what thought patterns are behind it and above all: Werner Bartens, doctor and editor-in-chief in the knowledge department of the SZ, shows what danger this means for the life and limb of women. using numerous examples in his book “Female Health Risk”. He draws on the latest scientific findings and shows successful steps towards better medical care for women.
Werner Bartens: Female health risk: Why women are misunderstood by medicine and treated worse. Munich 2022, Heyne Verlag. 288 pages, 20 euros
