fatphobiabusters:

vaspider:

korrasera:

geekandmisandry:

necromaniackat:

geekandmisandry:

Radical idea: Doctors should give fat patients the same amount of care and thought they would give to thin patients.

Are you serious? Fat patients get the same amount of care as anyone else. Point blank. Period.

I mean there are multiple studies showing that they don’t, but you said “Point blank. Period.” so I guess you know what you are talking about more than professionals.

It took me about 10 seconds to do a search for ‘fat patients same amount of care’ on Google. Here’s what I found:

An article from the New York Times titled “Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don’t See Past the Fat”. (source)

An article from ScienceNordic about the bias nurses exhibit against obese patients. (source)

An abstract published on NCBI about the “Impact of weight bias and stigma on quality of care and outcomes for patients with obesity” (source), in which the abstract itself makes this statement:

“There is considerable evidence that such attitudes influence person-perceptions, judgment, interpersonal behaviour and decision-making. These attitudes may impact the care they provide. Experiences of or expectations for poor treatment may cause stress and avoidance of care, mistrust of doctors and poor adherence among patients with obesity. Stigma can reduce the quality of care for patients with obesity despite the best intentions of healthcare providers to provide high-quality care.”

@necromaniackat, since I assume you already reviewed these articles to build your assertion that fat people experience the same amount of care from doctors, would you care to provide your sources and backup that assertion?

I mean, I had a doctor tell me for literally years that I was just fat and that’s what was causing the pain in both of my feet and then it took another doctor fifteen seconds and just touching the bottoms of my feet to be like ‘uh this is not a mechanical issue’ and I had a tumor inside my spine pressing on the nerves that control your feet but sure I guess doctors don’t just treat fat patients shittier or anything.

Do I have to bring up Rebecca Hiles again? 

- Mod Bella