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==News and articles ==
==News and articles ==
*Oct 2020,  
*2018, [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/memoirs-of-disease-and-disbelief Memoirs of Disease and Disbelief] ''Porochista Khakpour’s deliberately unheroic “Sick” raises questions about what we expect of female patients with chronic illness'' - The New Yorker


==Learn more ==
==Learn more ==

Revision as of 13:20, 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]

Notable studies and publications[edit | edit source]

News and articles[edit | edit source]

  • 2018, Memoirs of Disease and Disbelief Porochista Khakpour’s deliberately unheroic “Sick” raises questions about what we expect of female patients with chronic illness - The New Yorker

Learn more[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. 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)
  2. 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.