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Health
Maeve Bannister

Gender bias in healthcare guidelines is failing women

Women often have poorer health outcomes due to gender bias in clinical guidelines, a report shows. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian women are being let down by a lack of consideration for gender and sex in healthcare guidelines, leading to entrenched gender inequities at the highest levels of the health system.

From medical emergencies such as heart attacks and stroke to mental health care, gender and sex bias is leading to poorer health outcomes for women and gender-diverse people, including delayed diagnosis and treatment.

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