Biases in Health Care and Medical Gaslighting: A Conversation with Andrea Nakayama

Systemic biases can have profound impacts on how we receive medical care and support. 

Members of marginalized communities may be brushed off, misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated within the medical system, sometimes with catastrophic effects.Andrea Nakayama joins Erica for a discussion about bias, medical gaslighting, a systems approach to health, and how to advocate for yourself in medical settings.

In this discussion:

The three tenets of functional medicine How systemic and implicit biases show up in medical care The sometimes subtle impacts of medical gaslighting Three steps to advocate for yourself in medical settings

 

Connect with Andrea Nakayama:

Website Instagram: @andreanakayama Meet Andrea Nakayama | Founder and Lead Instructor for FxNA The 15-Minute Matrix Podcast

 

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