Medical gaslighting

Medical gaslighting is an informal 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. Gaslighting by medics is more common in certain patient groups, particularly women, and in illnesses which do not yet have a clear diagnostic test, for example ME/CFS, chronic pain, and endometriosis.

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