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A Patchwork Quilt With Gaps

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD; Charlea T. Massion, MD

JAMA. 1992;268(14):1918-1920.

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DURING the women's health movement of the 1960s, women began to express their discontent with the traditional hierarchical model of physician-patient interaction.¹ In recent years, several developments reflect an increasing appreciation of women's health needs by the US medical profession.

• The recognition of systematic biases in biomedical research excluding women from clinical trials led to the establishment of the Office of Research on Women's Health at the National Institutes of Health.2
  
• Health services researchers have reported significant disparities in the use of major diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for women compared with men.3-7
  
• Certain women's health problems (eg, menopause, osteoporosis, breast cancer) have received increased attention and resources.
  
• Women's health care centers that offer many services at a single site have evolved as a new model for comprehensive health care.8
  
• The number of female physicians has increased.⁹ Two studies have found that, compared with male physicians, female physicians spend more
  

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Primary Care, Center for General Health Services Extramural Research, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, Md (Dr Clancy); and the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic, Aptos, Calif (Dr Massion).

Footnotes
The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the US Public Health Service or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Reprint requests to Division of Primary Care, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, EOC 502, 2101 E Jefferson St, Rockville, MD 20852-4908 (Dr Clancy).

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