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Rutgers: When Doctors Dismiss Symptoms, Patients Suffer Lasting Harm
May 12, 2025
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, May 12 -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

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When Doctors Dismiss Symptoms, Patients Suffer Lasting Harm

By Andrew Smith

A review by Rutgers Health researchers reveals the psychological damage and health care avoidance that may occur when doctors dismiss, minimize or ignore patients' symptoms, a phenomenon medical scientists call "symptom invalidation" and patients often call "medi . . .

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