‘The Retrievals’ reveals painful experiences of female patients are often ignored.

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‘The Retrievals’ reveals painful experiences of female patients are often ignored.

September 6, 2023

Desjardins L. PBS NewsHour. August 29, 2023.

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Disregard for women’s pain is a persistent problem in health care. This news segment discusses a podcast highlighting a pattern of dismissal of patient concerns that resulted in harm and allowed fentanyl diversion by a nurse with substance abuse disorder to go undetected.

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