Thread by @usnehal

#MedTwitter showed me the dark side of this, of all times, during a #pandemic. Turns out some who are employed in supposed #SciComm actually stalk patients on behalf of doctors & administrators. Sadly, #bullying patients has gone from "just" in hospitals to dark web.

https://twitter.com/appyjumpindaze/status/1379531623817940992

There is a type of doctor, not all, who believes self a "victim" of patients.. "I am a victim" is used to do mental gymnastics to "justify" #bullying patients who seek answers, report error or harm, initiate lawsuits.

Yes, there is too much litigation. But this is America.

#Tweetiatrician training is for #advocacy on #vaccines #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

This has been our lane for well over a decade. As long as I've been a pediatrician we've been using every form of #communication and #SciComm, the sillier the better

pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/1_…

Then you find out others who are in this space, who look like "self", use all the #equity hashtags, are here for very different purposes, extending a pretty dark side #healthcare into cyberspace against patients & trainees, latter called #professionalism

ama-assn.org/practice-manag…

This has been a HUGE problem in the past. That's why there are SO many #privacy laws, to address abuse of power. So, now physicians who were guilty of this just hire non-clinicians whose lack of credentials don't invoke any #ethics or oversight.

kevinmd.com/blog/2015/10/w…

But then there is this counterpoint:

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

medpagetoday.org/meetingcoverag…

Seems worse in #psychiatry #psychology Would make sense ...on the surface.

Except when you realize how vulnerable these patients are, especially as #EHR (accessible documentation) rare in #mentalhealth & diagnoses can be used vs patient

#psychtwitter
psychiatrictimes.com/view/being-sta…

When you see this from #leadership in the field #psychology (not all of the field), then you are all the more likely to believe patients over those who are in a position to abuse their power, mislabel real victims, as was done here:
#psychtwitter
#ethics

nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/…

The ppl w/ #disability treated - elderly in wheelchairs WHILE ON CAMERA - gives insight into the levels of abuse that occur in name of #security when no one is looking, when it is not recorded, when easy to mislabel victim as "deranged" #medtwitter

dcist.com/story/17/09/25…