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Listening and being open to other experiences requires discomfort and what we hear can trigger strong reactions in us, but if we don’t give spaces to different voices then we will never learn new ways forward.
— Oct 26, 2024 11:17AM
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She [Kate Manne] warns that ‘dismantling them [privilege] may feel not only like a comedown, but also an injustice, to the privileged. They will tend to feel flattened, rather than merely levelled, in the process.’
— Oct 26, 2024 11:47AM
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…privilege is often ‘well-defended and difficult to challenge’, as people who hold it are often unwilling to let it go. This is made more difficult as the privilege is often invisible to the people who hold it.
— Oct 26, 2024 11:46AM
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Not only are healthcare systems not designed to encourage or incentivise listening, but medical education teaches doctors to doubt patients and imbues them with a sense of hubris - this is a wall to better understanding.
— Oct 26, 2024 11:42AM
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Audre Lorde’s quote, ‘Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare’ …
— Oct 26, 2024 11:38AM
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On ‘default skepticism’: ’This scepticism is also in its own way a privilege. If we don’t experience a form of oppression, we can remain ignorant about it.’
— Oct 26, 2024 11:30AM
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However, not all listening is done well, and sometimes speaking up can be harmful for the speaker and even exploitative. Often, we are silenced because to speak is to face intolerance, disrespect or ignorance. We are silenced because so many don’t want to hear what we have to say.
— Oct 26, 2024 11:16AM
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Patients’ voices must be at the heart of research right from the start and it should benefit them.
Why are patient experiences only validated when doctors experience them? And why are we more likely to be heard?
— Oct 26, 2024 10:46AM
Why are patient experiences only validated when doctors experience them? And why are we more likely to be heard?
