65 patients recount negative emergency room treatment and misdiagnoses

6 articles · Updated · Bored Panda · May 3

The accounts, drawn from more than 1,000 responses to an online question, include alleged missed heart attacks, sepsis, leukemia, appendicitis and spinal injuries.
Patients described being dismissed as anxious, drug-seeking or exaggerating, with some reporting delayed surgery, permanent disability, surgical menopause and deaths after staff failed to test or examine them properly.
Experts cited said medical gaslighting can stem from implicit bias, poor communication, time pressure and inadequate knowledge, with women and people facing healthcare barriers at greater risk.

Is 'medical gaslighting' a failure of individual doctors, or is our healthcare system designed to produce these deadly outcomes?

Medical errors are a top cause of death. Are tech fixes and bias training enough to solve the deadly crisis of dismissive care?

When an ER doctor dismisses your life-threatening pain, what recourse do you have before it's too late?