Do better outcomes from female docs signal need for more empathy?
- Are women better doctors than men? It’s still hard to tell, according to a study examining clinical outcomes for female versus male doctors, but there is something to be said about gender concordance in the patient-provider relationship. Overall, female patients have lower hospital mortality and readmission rates when they are treated by a...
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