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“If we can’t figure it out with the tests that we have available, then it must be psychological.’ ”
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
“As the rate of prescribing antibiotics for a variety of ailments has gone up, though, scientists have noted the side effect in some people of a permanent alteration in the chemistry of their guts, potentially making them less capable of managing or tolerating some foods.”
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
“The result of Flexner’s legacy, as well as the many disciples of clinical, DSM-driven allopathy, is a medical establishment with a narrow view of what constitutes both illness and treatment, and an inequitable understanding of patients who aren’t white and/or male. “One of the bitterest aspects of my illnesses has been this: not only did I suffer from a disease, but I suffered at the hands of a medical establishment that, for too long, failed to fully credit my testimony,” Meghan O’Rourke has written of seeking treatment for a complex set of chronic conditions. “The U.S. medical system not only failed to diagnose me; it stopped my quest in its tracks.”
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
― How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time
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