Ep 165 Revisiting Medical Marginalization and the Gender Gap in Healthcare
Mar 4, 2023 ·
27m 54s
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Today we are dipping back into The Bitch Fix vault for a throwback to a classic episode. This was too good not to be highlighted another time. If you missed...
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Today we are dipping back into The Bitch Fix vault for a throwback to a classic episode. This was too good not to be highlighted another time. If you missed it the first go around, do yourself a favour and check it out now.
Have you ever felt like your healthcare provider was blowing you off, or dismissing your symptoms as "all in your head"? Well, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that situation is not too uncommon. In fact, women's pain tends to be systematically dismissed or minimized, to the extent that when women complain of pain, they may be given a psych med instead of a pain med. It's time for this to stop.
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Have you ever felt like your healthcare provider was blowing you off, or dismissing your symptoms as "all in your head"? Well, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that situation is not too uncommon. In fact, women's pain tends to be systematically dismissed or minimized, to the extent that when women complain of pain, they may be given a psych med instead of a pain med. It's time for this to stop.
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Author | Christine MacCarroll |
Organization | Christine MacCarroll |
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