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Healthcare for All Sizes: Confronting Bias and Ensuring Quality Care as a Plus-Sized Patient
Navigating the healthcare system as a plus-sized person comes with unique challenges, particularly when dealing with medical professionals who may be dismissive or biased. Weight stigma can result in poor care, and many plus-sized patients face mistreatment, including assumptions that their health issues are solely due to their weight. This leads to misdiagnoses and a…
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