摘要：Mrs. Robertson was seeing her primary care physician of many years, Dr. Samuels, for back pain.
Learning Objective
Understand how gender stereotypes—although they may have bases in statistical studies of patients—can lead physicians to biased and incomplete diagnoses.Mrs. Robertson had always led a busy life and was constantly on the go. She worked full-time as a financial analyst and was active in the Parent Teacher Association at her children's school; her husband was a regional sales manager for a large company.
