Dr Jo Wainer, director of the Gender and Medicine Research Unit at Monash University, suggests seven questions to ask your doctor about your own situation:
Q1 Do men and women experience this problem differently?
Q2 Do the symptoms differ for women compared with men?
Q3 Is the outcome likely to be different because I am a woman/man?
Q4 Has the medication you are prescribing been trialled on women (or men)?
Q5 Does the operation have different outcomes for women compared with men?
Q6 Am I more likely to get better because I am female/male?
Q7 Do men and women need different doses of the medication?
