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The term is “medical gaslighting” and seems to disproportionately affect women. It comes up with things like ‘chronic fatigue’ diagnosis and has to do with wome
by gdubs 6y ago
The term is “medical gaslighting” and seems to disproportionately affect women. It comes up with things like ‘chronic fatigue’ diagnosis and has to do with women’s symptoms and experiences being dismissed.
- caddemon 6y agoIt's a dual problem IMO- women are dismissed due to unconscious bias sometimes I'm sure, but I also suspect there are medical issues out there that are much more common in women that have been so under-researched that we know basically nothing about them. Which does make it a hard problem for front line doctors.