Gender medicine

“Women suffer more and they are more sensitive!”

Prescribed pain medication also has a different effectiveness for women (symbolic image).(Bild: kazoka303030 - stock.adobe.com)

Until now, the misconception that women can endure pain better than men has persisted. However, Prim. Rudolf Likar, who specializes in gender medicine and is also head of the pain outpatient clinic at Klagenfurt Hospital.

The term "gender medicine" has recently been gaining increasing attention and importance. But what is there really to human medicine that not only takes gender differences into account, but also recognizes their influence? Or is it just a fad at a time of change in gender understanding?