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Healthy sounds good. We wall want to be healthy, right?
In medical training and practice, healthy is used in complicated ways. Sometimes it means behavior - eating well, exercising, avoiding cigarettes, etc.
Other times, it is the baseline by which we define a patient's status or course.
Other times, it is the baseline by which we define a patient's status or course.
Healthy is a difficult word for me to wrap my head around because in my mind it ISN'T explicitly ableist. I want to be healthy. I often consider myself healthy. But defining this - especially as a disabled person is really quite difficult.
On a practical level, it's hard to know whether you're healthy when guidelines don't exist for your particular intersection of conditions.
On a visceral level, most people don't consider disabled people healthy. I have a life-long physical disability.
How can I be healthy?
On a visceral level, most people don't consider disabled people healthy. I have a life-long physical disability.
How can I be healthy?
So #MedTwitter & #MedStudentTwitter:
I implore you to think deeply about what you mean when you say healthy, who it helps and who it hurts, and what the alternatives could be.
I implore you to think deeply about what you mean when you say healthy, who it helps and who it hurts, and what the alternatives could be.
Non-pathologic is a good one in strict medical contexts. I really don't love in intro lectures during med school when they say "here you see healthy lung tissue"
It's just a histologic specimen. There are myraid conditions which might not present histologically (esp to an M1
)
It's just a histologic specimen. There are myraid conditions which might not present histologically (esp to an M1
)
Maybe some of #PathTwitter could help me understand how you're taught what words to use? What do you personally prefer as you try to be anti-ableist?
@KurtSchaberg @BeccaBrass @PathPod @NicoleJacksonMD @bluehatcomics85 @01sth02
@KurtSchaberg @BeccaBrass @PathPod @NicoleJacksonMD @bluehatcomics85 @01sth02
And the rest of #MedTwitter, I struggle with this myself because "normal" is in my mind sometimes more stigmatizing than "healthy"
What words do you use in general medical conversation i.e. rounds, class, conversations with colleagues?
@soupvector @TheRealDoctorT @DxRxEdu
What words do you use in general medical conversation i.e. rounds, class, conversations with colleagues?
@soupvector @TheRealDoctorT @DxRxEdu
