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Tarek Arja, DO
Limon, Colo

JAMA. 1995;273(16):1255.

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To the Editor.

—I was amused to read the recent article by Ms Mendelsohn and colleagues¹ about sex and gender bias in anatomy and physical diagnosis text illustrations. I find it interesting that the Medical College of Pennsylvania and JAMA cannot find more reasonable and educating contributions than this. To think that the authors believe that medical students and physicians are being biased by illustrations in medical textbooks is ludicrous.

I can't believe that the authors think the medical profession is creating "the perception that the male body is 'normal' and the female body 'abnormal.'"¹

I agree that the medical profession and sciences need to continue to support and push for more research of specific women's health issues and of treatment outcomes for health disorders of the general population as applied to women (eg, heart disease and stroke). But to think that in this era of high health . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Edited by Drummond Rennie, MD, Deputy Editor (West), and Margaret A. Winker, MD, Senior Editor.

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