Recent articles in mainstream media about "medical gaslighting" have struck a nerve with thousands of comments on social media platforms. People are complaining about how their doctors are treating them, with women and underrepresented minorities disproportionately telling some of the worst stories. Meanwhile physicians are responding, mostly on the defensive. They're saying their jobs are too tough and patients are unreasonable. We explore what's going on.
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What a James Baldwin story can teach doctors and patients about care amidst suffering
How confronting racist ideas I didn’t realize I had is shaping me as a physician and a person
About me being racist: A conversation that follows an apology
How effects of racism were mistaken for “race” in clinical algorithms: What clinicians should know
Drug testing at time of birth: How physicians are co-opted into harming families while thinking they are doing the right thing
Directly and Covertly Observing Care: How it Can Transform Medical Education and Improve Clinical Practice
"Dire Consequences": When students do not receive appropriate accommodations on the USMLE examinations
Why it's time to remove time limits on tests, like the USMLE exams
Running the Gauntlet: My Journey into Medicine with a Learning Disability
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Medical Student Mistreatment: A Wicked Problem
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Challenging Questions to Help Physicians Reflect, Grow, and Find More Joy Practicing Medicine
Organic Chemistry and the Questionable Ways We Select and Train Physicians
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