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Old people get discriminated regardless of their age; it happens. Even female doctors, and their percentage is growing fast, will overlook a patient's complaints and symptoms. My wife (a female) has a female PCP who ignored some of her complaints recently. The best PCP I have ever had was a female who had a BS in Systems Engineering before getting her medical degree. She understood how to integrate all of our complaints. Everyone, regardless of sex or age, needs a health care advocate who can step back and view the case from the 5000ft level.. If this 14 year old is being dismissed by their PCP, then I would have thought the parent would be finding a new PCP. The one they have isn't doing their job.