Are You a 'Difficult Patient' — Or Are They Gaslighting You?
She was called difficult. She kept asking questions anyway.
Turns out she had a primary immunodeficiency that seven specialists missed for over 30 years. She wasn't difficult. She was right.
This is a new episode of Diagnose This with Dr. Z, joined by Stacey Gilman, health coach and patient advocate, to talk about one of the most quietly damaging labels in medicine: the difficult patient.
It gets written in charts. It gets communicated between providers. And once it's there, every symptom you report gets filtered through it. You're not describing pain anymore, you're being dramatic. You're…
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