When Women's Pain is Ignored....

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Sat Jan 18 22:41:45 2003


X> When Women's Pain is Ignored...By: Nancy F. Petersen, RN

http://www.obgyn.net/endo/articles/petersen_0699.htm

" Having worked in the healthcare field for 35 years, I cannot recall the number of times I have heard or seen active, overt references to the dismissal of women's complaints and/or symptoms, often in the presence of abnormal physical findings and/or loss of function, These obvious physical findings may not fit a clear disease definition as we know it, have been labeled as "neurotic," "hysterical," "conversion reactions" and/or "insignificant." " What options are open to women who are certain they have active disease present and they find that such categorization or bias has closed all doors?

" Women will take one of two roads.

" Others, angry and filled with despair,

" Patients are becoming self-need focused; asking for what they want, need, feel, and think, using "I" statements.

BE SURE TO GO TO THE ABOVE WEBSITE TO READ THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE!! YOU WILL BEGIN TO FEEL EMPOWERED!!


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