Women’s Experiences of Medical Miss-Diagnosis: How does gender matter in healthcare settings?

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Women’s Experiences of Medical Miss-Diagnosis: How does gender matter in healthcare settings?

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Medical misdiagnosis for women continues to be a significant problem, leading to disparate health outcomes. To understand how women make sense of experiences of medical misdiagnosis, eight women from Aotearoa/ New Zealand were interviewed about misdiagnosis of conditions that equally affect female and male bodies. This work was guided by feminist principles and used narrative analysis to develop the following three themes: (1) Contradictory dialogues: doctor as expert or not? (2) Self-advocac...

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2020

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Jessica Thompson / Denise Blake

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Women_s_Experiences_of_Medical_Miss-Diagnosis_...

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