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Fatphobia with Kate Manne
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Bias in Healthcare Towards Overweight Patients
The focus on a person's weight at the beginning of a medical encounter is often unnecessary, as knowing a person's exact weight for medication dosage is the exception rather than the rule. Assumptions that body size determines health status are scientifically inaccurate and lead to explicit bias in healthcare. Surveys of nurses and doctors reveal that a substantial proportion hold negative views towards fat patients, finding their bodies repulsive and seeing them as a waste of time, likely to annoy, and having less desire to help them.
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