The Importance of Accurately Defining Gender and Sex in Pathology

Assessing transfer of value from industry to physicians: the importance of studying and reporting the appropriate population

“…While we acknowledge the NPPES database is flawed with respect to sex/gender terminology,7 the authors conflate the terms gender and sex, despite guidelines and mandated reporting methodology published by various organisations, including the US National Institutes of Health,8 the American Medical Association9 and even by the journal publisher itself 10. The importance of appropriate and proper reporting methodology has even been published in the context of pathology 11…”