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Verena Hackl

@verhac.bsky.social

Spoiler alert: She is also telling you the diagnosis.

#doingharm

Part of page 300 (Doing Harm by M. Dusenbery): „The nineteenth century physician Sir William Osler, who is often described as „the father of modern medicine“, famously said, „Listen to the patient. He is telling you the diagnosis.“

January 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM

Verena Hackl

@verhac.bsky.social

Continuation of Doing Harm (Maya Dusenbery):

#doingharm

Verena Hackl @verhac.bsky.social · Jan 25

p. 92: They warned their fellow mental health professionals that "the misdiagnosis of the physical disorders as psychiatric in part accounts for women's higher rate of depression, anxiety, and somatization disorders." And just to really complete this self-fullfilling circle:
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January 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM

Verena Hackl

@verhac.bsky.social

Warum zum Teufel schreien Leute, die von sich behaupten, für Feminismus zu stehen, bei #MECFS und #LongCovid nicht mehr auf?

#DoingHarm

Doing Harm, Seite 261: „There was this „suggestion that women who get this disease, they almost deserve it, because they stepped out of bounds, they got educations, they got graduate degrees, they were working in professions that men typically work in.“

January 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM

Verena Hackl

@verhac.bsky.social

Whoever recommended this book to me (I think it was here on BSky): Thank you!

Imho every MD & HCW should know about it - ,Doing Harm‘ should be a must-read in the study programme.

#doingharm #stopmedicalgaslighting #endmisogyny

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