Join Art and Nic for a discussion about our experiences with patients who hold bigoted, intolerant, racist, and judgmental opinions about their providers and people in general.
Here’s a link to the article read here by Dr. Sachin Jain and spin-off article by Dr. Pauline W. Chen from the New York Times, also worth a read.
Thoughts and comments, as always, are welcomed.
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I was wondering why the background banner says Breitbart?
We weren’t sure if anyone would pick up on that… We always try to use an image that might be deciphered, but isn’t obvious. Like a “symbol” for the topic of the discussion.
I’m very concerned that this disqualifies your credibility considering that Breitbart repeatedly espouses racist ideas. Furthermore, your implying that a Caucasian doctor being asked not to see an intoxicated Native Alaskan is somehow a valid example of racism is ludicrous. There are numerous and easily accessible examples of racism towards doctors of color, African-American, Indian, Latinx, etc. You can do better than finding a white doctor working with Alaskan natives. Your coverage of sexism is interesting and well done, but it needs to be a separate podcast. It is important and needs coverage, but not under a racism discussion.
Dear Art and Nic, Thank you for doing a podcast about this topic. As a female doctor I have, in every stage of my 10 year career, experienced sexist comments by patients, at least once a week. Just like you describe, comments like ‘you have such beautiful eyes’ or ‘i prefer to see you because you’re prettier’, although usually meant as compliment, have always thrown me off and made me feel reduced to a little girl rather than a professional. I am afraid to say anything that might damage the doctor-patient relation or that the patient might take out of… Read more »
Thanks for commenting Heleen. It is so unfortunate that you have had to experience sexist remarks on such a regular basis. I would imagine your gut can tell you the ‘harmless’ comments from someone from a different generation from the truly inappropriate comments from someone who should know better. It might be helpful to have a rehearsed retort ready for the latter group. Are there other female clinicians in the area with whom you could commiserate and perhaps practice your strategies with?