2025-09-15 – News – www.theguardian.com
Two-thirds of Australian women have experienced gender bias or discrimination when seeking healthcare. Here’s how to advocate for yourself if a doctor dismisses your concerns
KZ Barton will never forget the night in her early 20s when searing abdominal pain landed her in hospital. Every signal from her body was telling her something was extremely wrong.
“When you experience pain that severe and you don’t understand it, you feel like you’re dying,” the Melbourne-based teacher and author says.
