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

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Systemic biases can have profound impacts on how we receive medical care and support. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Members of marginalized communities may be brushed off, misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated within the medical system, sometimes with catastrophic effects.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><strong>In this discussion:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The three tenets of functional medicine</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How systemic and implicit biases show up in medical care</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The sometimes subtle impacts of medical gaslighting</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Three steps to advocate for yourself in medical settings</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Connect with Andrea Nakayama:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.andreanakayama.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Website</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span> <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/andreanakayama/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">@andreanakayama</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.fxnutrition.com/about-andrea/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Meet Andrea Nakayama | Founder and Lead Instructor for FxNA</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://pod.link/1325256647"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 15-Minute Matrix Podcast</span></a></