What can we learn from #DoctorsAreDickheads?
A study of the 2018 viral hashtag concludes that although clinicians may feel resistant to patient concerns expressed through social media, they shouldn't ignore them
The hashtag #DoctorsAreDickheads trended on Twitter for weeks, unearthing cathartic views on the medical profession in some 40,000 tweets.
It started in late 2018, after US woman Stevie Boebi posted a YouTube video talking about the length of time it took to diagnose her medical condition, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
