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The Bias Diagnosis (Series 2)

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The Bias Diagnosis (Series 2)

By: Whistledown Productions
Narrated by: Dr Ronx Ikharia
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About this listen

Dr Ronx Ikharia has worked as a frontline A&E doctor for more than a decade. They believe medicine aims to help people - but they ask, does healthcare work equally well for everyone?

Statistics show that women and people assigned female at birth spend more of their life in poor health, it takes longer for them to receive diagnoses for a variety of health conditions, they are less likely to be prescribed pain relief, and they are more likely to receive a mental health diagnosis for a physical problem.

Why is this?

Dr Ronx examines the origin of medicine and the current healthcare system in a search for answers.

The series hears from patients, medical professionals, historians, and academics. This is a comprehensive and sensitive look at whether your gender affects your health.

A Whistledown Production for Audible.

©2023 Whistledown Productions (P)2023 Audible, Ltd. Sociology
Episodes
  • Ep 1: Emergency

    Ep 1: Emergency
    Mar 2 2023

    Dr. Ronx begins investigating whether gender bias affects healthcare by examining life-threatening situations. They go back to the foundations of medical knowledge to see whether historic ideas have an impact on current care.
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    48 mins
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  • Ep 2: Reproductive Care

    Ep 2: Reproductive Care
    Mar 2 2023

    Dr Ronx looks specifically at how the reproductive system is treated in modern healthcare. Their exploration takes them to the history of the contraceptive pill and they ask if the history of clinical trials has an impact on patients today.
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    48 mins
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  • Ep 3: Pain

    Ep 3: Pain
    Mar 2 2023

    Dr Ronx delves into the world of pain. Who is believed when describing their pain? And are certain genders often expected to tolerate more pain than others?
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    37 mins
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Dr Ronx

About the presenter

Dr Ronke Ikharia also known as Dr Ronx is a trans non binary emergency medicine doctor working in East London, Hackney. Dr Ronx graduated from Kings College Medical School in 2011 and in 2021 celebrated a decade of life as a doctor. Dr Ronx combines working as a staff-grade doctor at Homerton hospital’s emergency department with television, volunteering, and activism.

Dr Ronx identifies as a queer, trans nonbinary, intersectional feminist and uses the pronouns they/them. Dr Ronx’s laid back, colloquial but ‘real talk’ empathetic manner, juxtaposed with medical knowledge, lived experience and relatable style, instills patient trust. Dr Ronx is passionate about medicine, social justice, mental and physical health and is committed to amplifying voices.

In 2018 Dr Ronx joined as a presenter on the Bafta award winning CBBC children’s show Operation Ouch. Since then, Dr Ronx has presented shows on BBC Three and Channel Four, covering topics such as disparities in death rates during the early pandemic, embarrassing medical complaints and exploring how we can improve our immune system.

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I almost felt validated listening to this series - so well written, thank you to those who shared their stories with us

So relatable

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I’m LOVING this series, even though it’s harrowing to hear people’s stories and lived experience. There’s so much to learn and unlearn here from so many angles. I will be recommending widely. All women and AFAB folk should listen to this. It’s so validating as well as infuriating. Thank God for Dr Ronx and ask their guests and collaborators here 💜

Essential listening especially for health care providers

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Next time someone tells me we’re done with “the equality project”, I’ll refer them to this podcast.

Should be mandatory listening

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super informative, thr research and the stories deeply resonated with me and my story, I will recommend to all woman to listen as it will impact how they see the health profession treatment of women's health throughout history.

An eye opener, superb

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I am left slightly shaken and emotional after listening to this series of this podcast. The issues raised are ones that have all affected me personally. I am a cis white, neurodivergent woman with a genetic condition that has meant I have a complex medical history and many conditions that require medical help. I have experience of many, many, many examples of a patriarchal, misogynistic, doctor knows best approach to medicine, which have left me feeling distrustful and skeptical of doctors, I now go into every appointment expecting a battle, with an expectation that I will not be believed. It shouldn’t be like this. I thank the team so much who did this podcast, it should be mandatory listening for all medical professionals. An outstanding piece of work.

Outstanding, well researched, important

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Eye opening. Each episode unveils so many areas that are problematic in the healthcare industry for oppressed genders. Everyone should listen to this to learn and understand just how shocking procedures and systems are, despite living in 2023. If you don’t believe in sexism… give this a listen and you will change your mind!

Everyone needs to listen!

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Thank you to Dr Ronx for shedding light on what is a massive scandal affecting everyone assigned female at birth. I’m shocked but not shocked because it’s very relatable! This podcast highlights how much needs to change & how.

Essential listening!

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This should be mandatory listening for all healthcare staff. I've also had an experience similar to these and it shouldn't be happening in 2023. Women and AFAB people deserve better.

Horrifying

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Really poor especially compared to first series, which was good. Couldn't even get through the whole series.

Poor compared to series one

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An important topic that I have previously read about and was looking forward to revisiting but struggled to follow in this podcast due to the almost random use of AFAB, female and woman with no context as to what population each study discussed actually covered. I stopped listening at the point “non-men” was used as this is an almost meaningless term. You cannot discuss sexed differences in biology without references to that biology. Social attitudes may vary by gender (although this is unclear in the podcast as terms are not used in a consistent manner) but sex disaggregated data is still important.

Messy use of language

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