Lacy Nadeau

What is so difficult to understand is why Americans have to plead to stay alive.

Why do we need a non-medical organization's approval to access the care medical professionals deem necessary? 🧵

It's our job as providers and future providers to adopt patient-centered communication approaches that prioritize empathy, active listening, and validation of patient experiences. We can't continue to fail our patients.

Patients are believed to be faking symptoms, which makes them doubt their own experience and not seek further help. 89% of participants reported feeling disrespected by clinicians, and 92% felt invalidated.

Clinician-associated traumatization from difficult medical encounters: Results from a qualitative interview study on the Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes Patients with hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome often experience psychological distress resulting from the perceived hostility and disinterest of their clinicians. We conducted 26 in-depth interviews...

As a medically complex patient going into healthcare, this study was validating for me. 85% of participants could readily recall specific, highly stressful clinical encounters. I personally remember several moments like this, one from 2 weeks ago left me sobbing. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Pledge to sign Whole Washington ballot initiative for universal healthcare This is a digital pledge and not a signature for any initiative campaign - you still need to sign in person to have it count towards getting something on the ballot. Your personal information will ...

We're trying to dump insurance companies and give people good, solid health care that doesn't break the bank. Want to join us? Pledge to sign our ballot initiative: actionnetwork.org/forms/pledge... And/or become a volunteer: actionnetwork.org/forms/volunt...