By lauredhel on 22 October, 2009
This post was originally posted on March 19, 2009 at Hoyden About Town. New Scientist this week published an interview with infamous psychiatrist Simon Wessely. Wessely persists in believing, in the face of all the evidence, that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME)* is a uniquely UK/American psychological condition caused by internet-triggered “faulty illness beliefs”. Here’s [...]
Posted in blaming, medical practice | Tagged cfids, cfs, cfs/me, disability, fibromyalgia, gulf war syndrome, illness beliefs, irritable bowel syndrome, me, psychological, psychologisation, psychologization, symptoms, wessely
By s.e. smith on 20 October, 2009
There’s a lot of controversy in the United States about the role of pharmaceutical representatives in medical practice. Pharmaceutical representatives hand out freebies ranging from luxury vacations to branded pens, with the expectation that doctors will return the favour and prescribe their brand-name medications. Some hospitals, practices, and medical schools have started cracking down on [...]
Posted in medical practice | Tagged asthma, medications
By lauredhel on 13 October, 2009
[This post was originally posted at Hoyden About Town on April 27, 2009.] There’s a whole industry that involves measuring the survival techniques and truths of people with CFS, then pointing the finger at them for causing their own illness with their Scientifically! Proven! personality “deficits”. Here’s the latest product of that industry. They took [...]
Posted in blaming, medical practice | Tagged bad science, cfids, cfs, cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, illness, invisible disability, maladaptation, me, misdiagnosis, mislabelling, personality, psychologisation, psychosomatic, research, science
By amandaw on 12 October, 2009
(Originally posted a month ago at three rivers fog; in the meantime, news also came out that things like acne were considered pre-existing conditions as well: consider any and all further outrage well and fully included in the subject of this post.) You’ve undoubtedly heard the news already. A history of domestic violence or C-section [...]
Posted in accessibility, blaming, feminism, intersectionality, justice, medical practice, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, asthma, autism, chronic illness, chronic pain conditions, difference, disability, exclusion, feminism, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, health conditions, illness, intersectionality, justice, medical care, mental illness, privilege, problematic attitudes, social policy, social treatment, things people say
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