HeyJaredI'm Not Gaslighting You
Personal essays and research-based tools for resisting medical gaslighting, from the perspective of a medical sociologist who also happens to be a real-life woman in an actual body.
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People are lit up about their medical experiences and we can’t keep ignoring it (opens the original)
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Last spring, I posted the story of Elizabeth, a woman in my research who declined medical treatment for her metastatic breast cancer. I had an appointment to interview her for my research, but before we could get together she died at home with her partner—no treatment, no hospice, no palliative care. The providers I was working with seemed pretty caught off guard and upset that she would forego their medical expertise. In that essay, I asked: Are doctors actually humiliated when we bypass them?<
FREE Discussion Guide for Your Good Death (opens the original)
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Get the free discussion guide I created to go along with Your Good Death. (If you don’t already have the book, you can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Your-Good-Death-End-Life/dp/B0GV4FSYQT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2OHCQAV13NBFD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zyjF7UMXhSzRwKLOo4tfPOHETooqndjxvSDdn3k41U37qi9Riyr1SOf58-xGuAlp2QCdeJBHyxeKuEDuwYewh9KBZsvC9LlrlVVXHU5dKix30LQ_R_snkziQ8Rva28Y0q1MkhJdZh5-8TKopf-o3HYnbON3kpVFT0ka7hT4ah2TWWJfeoqw2LfvwdPgekf93BY1Eb8okjQKyl9ITWpyTirNjnkgsCRm3yTspptSs6w0.S3MBWaAZprJhhXEvUf_Wgb-FvKO
What if we did end-of-life conversations a bit more like we do mammograms? (opens the original)
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I’ve been in so many interesting conversations in these weeks since Your Good Death launched, and here are a couple of comments/questions that keep coming up, either in personal conversations or with journalists and podcasters.Wow, what a bummer topic!! [said while taking 2 steps away from me]. When should people be having conversations around topics like quality of life and end-of-life care?My short answers:It’s definitely a bummer when someone you care about is approaching end of life, and I d
Your Good Death is officially launched! 🎉 (opens the original)
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It’s officially launch day for Your Good Death! 🎉 If you missed it, you can catch my publication countdown series, 5 reasons we need this book, the personal experience that led me to write this book, and 5 ways I’ve prepared
5 ways I’m prepping for my book launch (opens the original)
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It’s 1 week out from book launch! 😊 To celebrate, and help you know what this book brings to the table, I’m writing a 3-part weekly countdown to lead us into publication day on September 1. Two weeks ago I covered 5 reasons we need this book and last week was about my behind the scenes journey, including my experience caregiving for my mother. Today: 5 ways I’m prepping
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