"We have a really shamefully horrid healthcare system, and I think that’s part of it. It’s much more convenient to think these people are just crazy, or it’s in their heads. It’s a very real thing; I don’t know of anyone who doubts it any more. Occasionally I encounter people that do. I’m astounded at their wilful ignorance; it’s not actual ignorance."
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Novelists from the United StatesEssayists from the United StatesPeople from TehranEssayists from IranNovelists from Iran
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On writing a book that addressed America’s healthcare system in “Porochista Khakpour, author of Sick: ‘It’s more convenient to treat patients as crazy’” in The Guardian (2018 Jul 28)
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