Women and Heart Disease: Physician Bias and AI

Studies have shown that women with serious cardiac symptoms do not receive sufficient treatment from medical centres. They often underplay their discomfort when communicating with doctors, due to their elevated pain threshold and influenced by gendered stereotypes around complaining.

A group of researchers at MIT and Harvard universities in the US collaborated with an illustrator to highlight the lack of diagnosis women receive.

Commissioned by the team behind the XXII Triennale di Milano Broken Nature, this instructional poster highlights the power dynamics between female patients and medical professionals.

Designed by Karthik Dinakar, Catherine Kreatsoulas, Analise Alexandra Emhoff and Irina Kruglova.