Healthcare Avoidance
Cross-source consensus on Healthcare Avoidance from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- Accumulated clinical scepticism led participants to delay or avoid seeking healthcare. — Sources and consequences of self-doubt in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a qualitative study in Europe and North America
- Healthcare avoidance is especially dangerous for vascular EDS patients because pain can signal spontaneous vascular rupture. — Sources and consequences of self-doubt in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a qualitative study in Europe and North America
- Participants sometimes believed their symptoms were not severe enough to justify consultation or emergency care. — Sources and consequences of self-doubt in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a qualitative study in Europe and North America
- The study presents internalised self-doubt, rather than only fear of external dismissal, as a potentially novel driver of healthcare avoidance. — Sources and consequences of self-doubt in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a qualitative study in Europe and North America
- Self-doubt can lead patients to feel undeserving of medical resources. — Sources and consequences of self-doubt in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a qualitative study in Europe and North America