ReviewPhilosophy, ethics, and humanities in medicine : PEHM2021
Mapping out epistemic justice in the clinical space: using narrative techniques to affirm patients as knowers.
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- Narrating anxiety as "ordinary": digital self-healing diaries and the normalization of anxiety on Chinese social media.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Invited commentary: does social concordance matter?BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Time for a New Norm: Experiences of 'Being Informed' and 'Having Choice' for Prenatal Screening for Chromosomal Conditions: A Qualitative Study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Silent suffering: the impact of sexual health challenges on patient-clinician communication and adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among Black women with early-stage breast cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Article
- "Knowledge was clearly associated with education." epistemic positioning in the context of informed choice: a scoping review and secondary qualitative analysis.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- Addressing epistemic injustice in the mental healthcare of Indigenous people in Bangladesh: Implications for global mental health.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Review
- Applying the Concept of Epistemic Injustice as a Philosophical Window to Examine Discrimination Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Migrants With Nurses.Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals · 2025Article
- Perceptual filters: Exploring disability and ableism's cognitive framework.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Pain, No Gain?: A Narrative Analysis Exploring the Accounts of Older African American Patients and Their Discussion of Pain Management Related to Chronic Illness.Rhetoric of health & medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Epistemic injustice sits at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, and social justice. Generally, this philosophical term describes when a person is wrongfully discredited as a knower; and within the clinical space, epistemic injustice is the underlying reason that some patient testimonies are valued above others. The following essay seeks to connect patterns of social prejudice to the clinical realm in the United States: illustrating how factors such as race, gender identity, and socioeconomic status influence epistemic credence and associatively, the quality of healthcare a person receives.After describing how epistemic injustice disproportionately harms already vulnerable patients, I propose a narrative therapy intervention. This intervention can help providers re-frame their relationships with patients, in such that they come to view patients as valuable sources of unique knowledge. Though I identify this intervention as a valuable step in addressing clinical epistemic injustice, I call upon medical educators and practitioners to further uplift the voices, perspectives, and stories of marginalized patients.
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