Gender bias in clinical case reports: A cross-sectional study of the "big five" medical journals.
Pascale AlloteyCaitlin Allotey-ReidpathDaniel Diamond ReidpathPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Gender bias, previously identified in clinical research and in clinical authorship, extends into the patients presented in clinical case reports. Whether it is driven by authors or editors is not clear, but it likely contributes to and supports an overall male bias of clinical medicine.