BONUS: Why Patients Have to Perform for their Doctors (Medical Culture Explained)

This is a clip from a Substack Live conversation with Zed Zha, author of Consented: A Doctor’s Call to End Medical Violence and Reclaim Patient Autonomy. Watch the full episode and sign up for the newsletter here. In this segment, we examine a pattern many patients recognize immediately, of having to ask their doctor questions in JUST the right way. This is a conversation about managing power, perception, and risk in every medical interaction. For patients, it's exhausting In this clip, we di...