A two way view of gender bias in medicine.

It isn't true, couldn't be; there must be other variables not taken into account that confound the results. " This was the remark of an incredulous psychiatrist colleague to the statement that there is reasoned evidence of inequalities in health care based on patient gender. His re- action aligns with that of health professionals' and researchers' longing for simplicity in out- comes and also with a contemporary style of data analysis. It is not unusual to hear state- ments like his when criticisms are voiced about health services for women compared to men.