Ker_Thwap: There's also a major problem, especially in womens' health care.  Where women die of heart attacks/cancer/whatever because even doctors are telling them that the pain is psychological.

Indeed. Mrs. lizyrd had been complaining of increasing discomfort in her abdomen for months, her PCP (a woman, for what it's worth) kept telling her "women of a certain age; hormonal changes are starting; you're on the edge of perimenopause; blah blah blah."  She finally got really uncomfortable one day and voiced a specific (but incorrect) concern that her IUD had been displaced.  PCP said "well, Planned Parenthood put it in, go see them to check."  Planned Parenthood did an ultrasound, found the IUD where it belonged, but also found a 7cm mass. Referred her to a specialist. Had a couple of really stessful days before MRI made them "pretty sure" is was not cancerous, and a lower level stressful week until it was out and biopsied to confirm it was benign.

After recovering from the surgery, she is now aware of how much discomfort, even pain, she really was in - only fully realizing it after it was gone. And pissed that her doctor just kept brushing her off with "feeling like shiat is normal for a woman."