Calmversations s06e40 | From The Opioid Crisis to Gender "Medicine": How Health Care Harms | with Carrie Mendoza
Dec 27, 2023
Carrie Mendoza, an Emergency Room doctor, discusses the opioid crisis, gender medicine, and the failures of the healthcare system. Topics include the medicalization of gender distress, the impact of the pain scale in healthcare, Purdue Pharma's role in the crisis, measurement of value in human systems, the influence of Planned Parenthood, and advocacy work in fair medicine.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
The Medical Aspects of the Gender Issue and its Parallels to the Opioid Crisis
02:41 • 11min
The Origin and Impact of the Pain Scale in Healthcare
13:27 • 3min
The Role of Purdue Pharma in the Opioid Crisis
16:25 • 5min
Measuring Value in Human Systems
20:55 • 26min
The Role of Planned Parenthood in Gender-Affirming Care and Abortion Services
47:05 • 23min
Advocacy Work and Resources in Fair and Medicine
01:10:11 • 3min