Why Doctors Like Me Need To Read Chronic Illness Memoirs - An essay

[Helene]

This brilliant essay from Electric Lit is a gem. It's affirming, easy to read, longish and mentions ME & Jen Brea.

WARNING - I fell in love with the author. You just might too.

https://electricliterature.com/why-doctors-like-me-need-to-read-chronic-illness-memoirs/

Why Doctors Like Me Need to Read Chronic Illness Memoirs

It's important for us to listen to patients' stories, even the ones where we don't come off looking very good

https://electricliterature.com/why-doctors-like-me-need-to-read-chronic-illness-memoirs/

Edited for layout.

 

[Jonathan Edwards]

A very heartening read.

 

[Chris]

"patients looking to make sense of a complicated illness experience are left to do so on their own"

Indeed, and we've got some twenty thousand discussions here on s4me to prove this. And counting...

(although we're not completely on our own… thank you Professor Edwards and the few others who happen to be doctors or researchers here)

 

[DigitalDrifter]

In her documentary Unrest, Jennifer Brea shares the story of a woman in Denmark with chronic fatigue...

He does mention myalgic encephalomyelitis later in the article.