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May 08, 2025
Everything You Need to Know About Medical Gaslighting, Including Preventing It
"This research does not recognize that health conditions can have different risk factors, presentation, and treatment outcomes among [different people],” explains Kim Templeton, M.D., a professor of orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at KU Medical Center.
Cosmopolitan
May 03, 2025
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
“Elderspeak can be controlling, kind of bossy, so to soften that message there’s ‘honey,’ ‘dearie,’ ‘sweetie,’” said Kristine Williams, a nurse gerontologist at the University of Kansas School of Nursing and another coauthor.
New York Times