Gaslighting by proxy
When visuals can’t overcome medical bias
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11 min readFeb 17, 2022
Gaslight (verb): to manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity
I recently took on a health history visualization client, a friend of a friend, through my startup Pictal Health. I’d been on hiatus from this kind of 1-on-1 work, but this case was interesting. The patient was struggling with muscle…