Black Florida woman kicked out of hospital, ARRESTED for refusing to go, dies of blood clot

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23. women in general, including those with great insurance, are disproportionately disbelieved by drs

Several studies on it. I had a white, blonde, rather well-to-do friend end up in ER last month, screaming in pain, who got completely ridiculed and dismissed by the ER doc on call because he thought she was drug shopping. After he did nothing for her and she got later tests, turns out stuff did show up on MRI on her spine, etc. The hospital won't follow through on her complaint.

I've known women throughout my life, myself included, who've been told our problems were psychiatric only to later demonstrate that they were clear medical, non psychiatric conditions. My mom nearly died from appendicitis because the doctors kept telling her she was just under a lot of stress.

When one compounds the suspicion of drug shopping and that all women exaggerate pain with the additional distrust aimed at African Americans, you get situations like this one. Money might have been an element too but I don't think this is all single-payer stuff. I think this is about invalidating women's experience (and women doctors in my experience have been just as bad, or worse, as men doctors at this).