Annikki
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Finally, the practice of doctors dismissing patient's symptoms as "imagined" or "psychogenic" is entering the wider public discourse. The sad truth is this gaslighting of patients doesn't just occur with ME/CFS, but to a long list of medical disorders. Maybe, this can bring important change to the lives of ME/CFS patients.
I hope the emergence of these articles shows things are changing for patients who've been marginalized. I'm sure the more people who become aware of the practice of medical gaslighting, the greater the chance we have to end it. These articles show this is a huge problem, more than I ever realized before.
This practice of denying disease and calling patients crazy arbitrarily is a violation of human rights and patently inexcusable. Spread word of these articles. Also, take a moment to sign the petition at the bottom of this post. Silence equals death, especially in a world where sick people are forced into silence about their disease from medical gaslighting.
"How Doctors Take Women's Pain Less Seriously," by The Atlantic Monthly
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/emergency-room-wait-times-sexism/410515/
"IS MEDICINE’S GENDER BIAS KILLING YOUNG WOMEN?"
https://psmag.com/social-justice/is-medicines-gender-bias-killing-young-women
"Is There A Gender Bias Against Female Pain Patients?" by The Huffington Post
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...ale-pain-patients_us_589b6b3ee4b061551b3e06ab
‘Gaslighting’ – or, why women are just too darned emotional during their heart attacks
https://myheartsisters.org/2011/11/25/gaslighting/
"When Gender Stereotypes Become A Serious Hazard To Women’s Health,"
https://thinkprogress.org/when-gend...-serious-hazard-to-womens-health-f1f130a5e79/
"Doctors, Stop Gaslighting Women In Pain"
https://journal.thriveglobal.com/doctors-stop-gaslighting-women-in-pain-3934a2fdc1b
"Women in Pain Report Significant Gender Bias," by the National Pain Report
http://nationalpainreport.com/women-in-pain-report-significant-gender-bias-8824696.html
"Gender Stereotypes in Pain Diagnosis," by AMA Journal of Ethics
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/07/ccas2-0807.html
"The Gas-Lighting Physician"
http://challengingrelationships.com/2015/09/23/the-gas-lighting-physician/
"Medical Gaslighting"
https://longevity.media/medical-gaslighting
"Chronic Pain Is Overwhelmingly Experienced by Women—So Why Do They Have Trouble Getting Care for It?",
https://rewire.news/article/2015/02...ingly-experienced-women-trouble-getting-care/
"When Gender Stereotypes Become A Serious Hazard To Women’s Health"
https://thinkprogress.org/when-gend...-serious-hazard-to-womens-health-f1f130a5e79/
“It’s All in Your Head!” - How A Patients Health Suffers When Medical Professionals Doubt Them.
http://www.inflamed-and-untamed.com/post/17922554878/its-all-in-your-head-how-a-patients-health
"We Cannot Continue to Let Doctors 'Gaslight' Chronic Illness Patients"
https://themighty.com/2016/10/mecfs-and-gaslighting-what-to-do-when-doctors-dont-believe-you/
"Medical Sexism and Fibromyalgia"
https://wholehealthchicago.com/2011/12/05/medical-sexism-and-fibromyalgia/
"Why Doctors Don’t Listen to Endo Patients"
http://www.thenutritionista.ca/why-doctors-dont-listen/
"20 Ways that Hypothyroid or Hashimoto’s Patients are Gaslighted"
https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/2017/02/14/gaslighted/
"6 Absurd Ways Modern Medicine Fails Because Of Sexism"
http://www.cracked.com/article_23304_6-weird-ways-sexism-screwing-up-healthcare.html
Study: "Gender-biased diagnosing of women's medical complaints:contributions of feminist thought, 1970-1995".
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15778134
I'm aware that most of these articles relate to women's health issues. I'm not ignoring male patients at all in sharing these articles. Of course, male ME patients are being dismissed based on bizarre, outdated sexist ideas like neurasthenia.
All of these things doctors project on patients, male or female, are patently absurd. I joked to someone, saying, "What's next? Do doctors evaluate black patients based on phrenology?" Then while I was doing this research, I was made aware of the fact, that yes, this happens. Read this article, it certainly sheds light on how backward doctors really can be:
"The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain,"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-doctors-may-think-so/?utm_term=.27bb46f165ff
"Black patients half as likely to receive pain medication as white patients, study finds" by The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science...rescriptions-pain-management-medicine-opioids
And this really is undeniably about racism. Case in point:
"Black Kids Get Less Pain Medication Than White Kids in ER," by NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/black-kids-get-less-pain-medication-white-kids-er-n427056
Please sign this petition!
Petition: Stop Power-Hungry Doctors From Bullying, Gaslighting, and Blacklisting Their Patients!
https://www.change.org/p/stop-power...g-gaslighting-and-blacklisting-their-patients
I hope the emergence of these articles shows things are changing for patients who've been marginalized. I'm sure the more people who become aware of the practice of medical gaslighting, the greater the chance we have to end it. These articles show this is a huge problem, more than I ever realized before.
This practice of denying disease and calling patients crazy arbitrarily is a violation of human rights and patently inexcusable. Spread word of these articles. Also, take a moment to sign the petition at the bottom of this post. Silence equals death, especially in a world where sick people are forced into silence about their disease from medical gaslighting.
"How Doctors Take Women's Pain Less Seriously," by The Atlantic Monthly
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/emergency-room-wait-times-sexism/410515/
"IS MEDICINE’S GENDER BIAS KILLING YOUNG WOMEN?"
https://psmag.com/social-justice/is-medicines-gender-bias-killing-young-women
"Is There A Gender Bias Against Female Pain Patients?" by The Huffington Post
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...ale-pain-patients_us_589b6b3ee4b061551b3e06ab
‘Gaslighting’ – or, why women are just too darned emotional during their heart attacks
https://myheartsisters.org/2011/11/25/gaslighting/
"When Gender Stereotypes Become A Serious Hazard To Women’s Health,"
https://thinkprogress.org/when-gend...-serious-hazard-to-womens-health-f1f130a5e79/
"Doctors, Stop Gaslighting Women In Pain"
https://journal.thriveglobal.com/doctors-stop-gaslighting-women-in-pain-3934a2fdc1b
"Women in Pain Report Significant Gender Bias," by the National Pain Report
http://nationalpainreport.com/women-in-pain-report-significant-gender-bias-8824696.html
"Gender Stereotypes in Pain Diagnosis," by AMA Journal of Ethics
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2008/07/ccas2-0807.html
"The Gas-Lighting Physician"
http://challengingrelationships.com/2015/09/23/the-gas-lighting-physician/
"Medical Gaslighting"
https://longevity.media/medical-gaslighting
"Chronic Pain Is Overwhelmingly Experienced by Women—So Why Do They Have Trouble Getting Care for It?",
https://rewire.news/article/2015/02...ingly-experienced-women-trouble-getting-care/
"When Gender Stereotypes Become A Serious Hazard To Women’s Health"
https://thinkprogress.org/when-gend...-serious-hazard-to-womens-health-f1f130a5e79/
“It’s All in Your Head!” - How A Patients Health Suffers When Medical Professionals Doubt Them.
http://www.inflamed-and-untamed.com/post/17922554878/its-all-in-your-head-how-a-patients-health
"We Cannot Continue to Let Doctors 'Gaslight' Chronic Illness Patients"
https://themighty.com/2016/10/mecfs-and-gaslighting-what-to-do-when-doctors-dont-believe-you/
"Medical Sexism and Fibromyalgia"
https://wholehealthchicago.com/2011/12/05/medical-sexism-and-fibromyalgia/
"Why Doctors Don’t Listen to Endo Patients"
http://www.thenutritionista.ca/why-doctors-dont-listen/
"20 Ways that Hypothyroid or Hashimoto’s Patients are Gaslighted"
https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/2017/02/14/gaslighted/
"6 Absurd Ways Modern Medicine Fails Because Of Sexism"
http://www.cracked.com/article_23304_6-weird-ways-sexism-screwing-up-healthcare.html
Study: "Gender-biased diagnosing of women's medical complaints:contributions of feminist thought, 1970-1995".
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15778134
I'm aware that most of these articles relate to women's health issues. I'm not ignoring male patients at all in sharing these articles. Of course, male ME patients are being dismissed based on bizarre, outdated sexist ideas like neurasthenia.
All of these things doctors project on patients, male or female, are patently absurd. I joked to someone, saying, "What's next? Do doctors evaluate black patients based on phrenology?" Then while I was doing this research, I was made aware of the fact, that yes, this happens. Read this article, it certainly sheds light on how backward doctors really can be:
"The disturbing reason some African American patients may be undertreated for pain,"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-doctors-may-think-so/?utm_term=.27bb46f165ff
"Black patients half as likely to receive pain medication as white patients, study finds" by The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science...rescriptions-pain-management-medicine-opioids
And this really is undeniably about racism. Case in point:
"Black Kids Get Less Pain Medication Than White Kids in ER," by NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/black-kids-get-less-pain-medication-white-kids-er-n427056
Please sign this petition!
Petition: Stop Power-Hungry Doctors From Bullying, Gaslighting, and Blacklisting Their Patients!
https://www.change.org/p/stop-power...g-gaslighting-and-blacklisting-their-patients