“I haven't seen a gynecologist for five years. Fear of the exam, reflections on my weight which are systematic when I see a doctor… For them, all my health problems are linked to my
obesity,
”
reports Sophie, a 45-year-old from Lille.
"It was particularly complicated to find a dentist who agreed to treat me because my cerebral palsy creates spasms, uncontrolled movements"
, explains for her part Julia Boivin, vice-president of the Council of the engagement of the users at the High Authority health.
Two testimonies, among many others, which illustrate the difficulties of access to care encountered by populations already weakened by their handicap or their chronic pathology.
"These difficulties promote inequalities in health and question certain voluntary or unconscious dynamics of sorting medicine",
explains Pr Rodolphe Charles, member of the college of general medicine and responsible for the university degree
"Access to health and the fight against
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