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Focusing a Gender Lens on Emergency Medicine Research: 2012 Update
Author(s) -
McGregor Alyson J.,
Greenberg Marna,
Safdar Basmah,
Seigel Todd,
Hendrickson Robert,
Poznanski Stacey,
Davenport Moira,
Miner James,
Choo Esther K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/acem.12085
Subject(s) - medicine , gender disparity , variety (cybernetics) , emergency department , alternative medicine , family medicine , medical education , nursing , gender studies , pathology , artificial intelligence , sociology , computer science
The influence of sex and gender on patient care is just being recognized in emergency medicine ( EM ). Providers are realizing the need to improve outcomes for both men and women by incorporating sex‐ and gender‐specific science into clinical practice, while EM researchers are now beginning to study novel sex‐ and gender‐specific perspectives in the areas of acute care research. This article serves as an update on the sex differences in a variety of acute clinical care topics within the field of EM and showcases opportunities for improving patient care outcomes and expanding research to advance the science of gender‐specific emergency care.