Diagnostic Confidence Key for Prompt Treatment for Women with Heart Symptoms

08/29/2012, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Doctors who believe that women have "atypical" coronary heart disease symptoms are less certain when diagnosing heart disease in women. As a result, women are less likely than men to receive treatments for an urgent cardiac event, finds a new study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
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