
Medicine
Antifatness in the Surgical Setting
Weight bias compounds health problems, and surgeons need to recognize and stop it
Ashley Andreou is a medical student at Georgetown University.
Weight bias compounds health problems, and surgeons need to recognize and stop it
I am a future psychiatrist hoping to care for transgender people. But I fear these laws will make it difficult to do so
It’s called the “history of present illness,” or HPI, and it often includes a patient’s race—which is more likely to detract from care than to improve it
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