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'''Medical gaslighting''' is | '''Medical gaslighting''' is term used to describe doctors or medical practitioners who [[Psychologization|blame a patient's illness or symptoms on psychological factors]], or deny a patient's illness entirely.<ref name="ABC23Oct2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2020-10-23/doctors-with-long-covid-warn-long-term-effects-can-be-serious/12785934|title=Doctors warn of lasting effects of COVID-19 after struggling to recover from virus|last=Mitchell|first=Natasha|authorlink=|last2=|first2=|authorlink2=|date=2020-10-22|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2020-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair|pages=29-30|isbn=978-0-8014-8740-8|edition=|volume=|language=en|title-link=|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Damaged_Identities_Narrative_Repair.html?id=EjL9qyGmJF4C|access-date=|date=2001|publisher=Cornell University Press|last=Nelson|first=Hilde Lindemann|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author-link2=|last3=|first3=|author-link3=|last4=|first4=|author-link4=|last5=|first5=|author-link5=|last6=|first6=|author-link6=|last7=|first7=|author-link7=|last8=|first8=|author-link8=|last9=|first9=|author-link9=|veditors=|others=|doi=|oclc=|quote=|archive-url=|archive-date=|location=|editor-last=|editor-first=|editor1-link=|editor-last2=|editor-first2=|chapter=Narrative Repair: Reclaiming Moral Agency}}</ref> | ||
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Gaslighting by medics is more commonly experienced by certain patient groups, particularly women, and in illnesses which do not yet have a clear diagnostic tests, for example [[ME/CFS]], [[chronic pain]], and [[endometriosis]]. | |||
==ME/CFS== | ==ME/CFS== | ||
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==See also == | ==See also == | ||
*[[Ethical issues]] | *[[Ethical issues]] | ||
*[[The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients]] | *[[The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients?]] | ||
*[[Medical Abuse | *[[Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)]] | ||
*[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] | *[[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] | ||
Revision as of 12:24, October 24, 2020
Medical gaslighting is term used to describe doctors or medical practitioners who blame a patient's illness or symptoms on psychological factors, or deny a patient's illness entirely.[1][2]
Gaslighting by medics is more commonly experienced by certain patient groups, particularly women, and in illnesses which do not yet have a clear diagnostic tests, for example ME/CFS, chronic pain, and endometriosis.
ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
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News and articles[edit | edit source]
- Oct 2020,
Learn more[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
- Ethical issues
- The Mental Health Movement: Persecution of Patients?
- Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Mitchell, Natasha (October 22, 2020). "Doctors warn of lasting effects of COVID-19 after struggling to recover from virus". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved October 24, 2020. Cite has empty unknown parameter:
|dead-url=(help) - ↑ Nelson, Hilde Lindemann (2001). "Narrative Repair: Reclaiming Moral Agency". Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair. Cornell University Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-8014-8740-8.
