Onmedica.com identifies itself as "The website for doctors and UK healthcare: the leading online medical publication for daily news, views, blogs and learning." One of the site's bloggers is Joanne Shaw, whose bio on the "Evolving Patient" blog claims that she is a board member for the National Health Service, and is involved in promoting patient involvement in medical decisions. So far, so good? Just wait.In her recent post, Shaw reports that she met some women who run a thyroid patient support group, who told her that some patients are having trouble getting their thyroid test results, are being refused their results, or being charged extra to get them. Shaw expresses utter surprise, and hopes that this is "not a fair reflection of most people’s experience." Okay, so maybe Joanne's not exactly keeping up on the latest complaints about NHS, but still, nothing particularly out of line, right? Except, get this, here's the title she puts on her post: "Fat, mad, middle aged, menopausal women."
Excuse me? WHAT does that title have to do with thyroid patients' rights to receive copies of the test results from National Health Service doctors? What does this nasty title have to do with the issue at hand? (And is Shaw a psychic that she can ascertain a woman's menopausal status just by having a conversation about the NHS?) Her post is about thyroid patients asking for their medical test results. So why the truly appalling title, Joanne?
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