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In addition to a tendency towards arrogance, doctors hold unconscious biases like everyone. Unsurprising. Anecdotally, I recently had a same-gender doctor reco
by modells 8y ago
In addition to a tendency towards arrogance, doctors hold unconscious biases like everyone. Unsurprising.
Anecdotally, I recently had a same-gender doctor recount his glory day (just one day) in the ER solving a hypertensive crisis by syringe bloodletting onto the floor and tell me that my autonomic dysreflexia was “all in my head,” and that fixing stress was the panacea. Meanwhile myoclonus, nystagmus, anhedonia, (autoimmune?) inflammation/swelling, tremors keep getting worse. Thanks doc, you really solved everything.
- wahern 8y agoPatients also hold unconscious biases. Perhaps patients, especially women, are more equivocal in their accounts when talking to male doctors.