Medical gaslighting

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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.

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  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.