This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! There are a number of different ways that bias can impact the healthcare that higher-weight patients receive. This includes provider bias and structural bias (when the healthcare system is created for thin bodies and/or to the specific exclusion of fat bodies.) Today I want to talk about what happens when these two types of bias intersect. It’s a perfect storm that both supports and increases this bias. It doesn’t have to be this way, and there is a simple first step (though it’s certainly not the only step,) that healthcare providers can take to interrupt it. Let’s look at some real-world examples (shared anonymously with permission):
Wow Ragen- I shared this immediately on my FB page. The long list of examples is heart-wrenching. Bottom line- healthcare is for every body. Your thoughtful piece will go toward making it so.
Wow Ragen- I shared this immediately on my FB page. The long list of examples is heart-wrenching. Bottom line- healthcare is for every body. Your thoughtful piece will go toward making it so.