Doctors suck sometimes - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/doctors-suck-sometimes en Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[Are Doctors Insensitive/Ignorant To Body Image Issues Or Do We Expect Too Much?]]>

Is it the responsibility of doctors to watch their words to avoid upsetting patients? Or is their job simply to identify and communicate “facts” truthfully?

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http://www.xojane.com/issues/are-doctors-insensitive-ignorant-to-body-image-issues-or-do-we-expect-too-much http://www.xojane.com/issues/are-doctors-insensitive-ignorant-to-body-image-issues-or-do-we-expect-too-much Issues Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Isabel Foxen Duke
<![CDATA[It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Got Fat Shamed By My Doctor And I Fucking Hated It (She Also Pinched My Vagina)]]>

Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.

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<![CDATA[What Happens When An OB/GYN Snarks About A Patient on Facebook?]]>

Doctors (along with the rest of us) sometimes seem to forget that the Internet is a real place with real consequences. The things you say and do there matter, and putting something up on a public Facebook post is like standing on a street corner and yelling.

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http://www.xojane.com/issues/ob-gyn-snarks-about-patient-on-facebook http://www.xojane.com/issues/ob-gyn-snarks-about-patient-on-facebook Issues Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:30:00 -0500 s.e. smith
<![CDATA[I Love My IUD, So Why Didn't My Doctor?]]>

IUDs are the most popular form of contraception worldwide and the least popular in the United States. I'm sensing some disconnect here.

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http://www.xojane.com/healthy/i-love-my-iud-so-why-didnt-my-doctor http://www.xojane.com/healthy/i-love-my-iud-so-why-didnt-my-doctor Healthy Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0400 Kate Conway