Robert Bosch Hospital
Gender medicine in everyday clinical practice – why women and men need different treatment
Women have long been at a disadvantage in medical treatment because the norm for all research findings has been men. A rethink has begun in the scientific community – but how much of this is reflected in the treatment of patients? We accompanied a dedicated female doctor at the Robert Bosch Hospital.
For a long time, men were considered the medical norm – the standard patient, both in medical treatment methods and in drug trials. Women, on the other hand, were seen only as “lighter men.” With fatal consequences, because women become ill in different ways to men.
For some years now, gender has been taken into account in disease symptoms, medication, and therapies. Gender medicine is the name given to gender-specific treatment, which aims to optimize medical care for both sexes. But how does this distinction work in everyday clinical practice?
We accompanied Nora Göbel, Senior Consultant for Cardiovascular Surgery at the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, on her day-to-day clinical work. She explains why a different perspective on men and women is important in cardiology, for example. And she makes it clear that a lot still needs to happen in order to achieve truly gender-sensitive treatment of patients. Marion Baschin, Director of the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Bosch Health Campus, analyzes how gender medicine has developed.
Diversity is the buzzword of our time. Companies, authorities and associations use it as a figurehead. But what does it actually mean? How do we create real diversity? And where is discrimination still present or even increasing - we want to get to the bottom of these questions in this dossier.
We accompanied Nora Göbel, Senior Consultant for Cardiovascular Surgery at the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart, on her day-to-day clinical work. She explains why a different perspective on men and women is important in cardiology, for example. And she makes it clear that a lot still needs to happen in order to achieve truly gender-sensitive treatment of patients. Marion Baschin, Director of the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Bosch Health Campus, analyzes how gender medicine has developed.
Since 1964, we have been dedicated to health. As early as 1940, our founder himself had established the Robert Bosch Hospital. We are working on the future viability of our healthcare system and are committed to healthcare that is geared to people and their needs – since 2022 at the Bosch Health Campus.