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Ravn said:
While formally claiming to have separated ME from functional disorders, access to documents shows that the practice is quite the opposite. At one center (Center for Functional Disorders), 41 out of 44 patients with an ME diagnosis have been recoded as functional disorders. Since 2019, four centers have had zero patients registered with an ME diagnosis and have not made the diagnosis themselves.
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This sounds remarkably similar to what has been going on at the "ME clinic" in Göteborg in Sweden: https://www.s4me.info/threads/swede...e-to-avoid-the-diagnosis-me.45927/post-674111

I'm not at all surprised if this is not a coincidence. The functionalist lobby in Sweden has expressed admiration for Per Fink and Denmark.

Also related to this thread: https://s4me.info/threads/the-disappearance-of-me-cfs.38068/
 
Post from Reddit:

Post-infectious clinic that will open up in April struggles to find doctors who are interested in a position. So far, only 3 doctors have been submitting an application.​
I got this update in an email from the national ME support group that has pushed for this clinic to open:​
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"Update on the Clinic for Post-Infectious Symptoms.​
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The job advertisements have been out since mid-Februar, and the application period for the various positions is starting to expire.​
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There seems to be a very large interest in starting to work at the clinic, especially among psychologists and medical secretaries, but also the occupational and physiotherapist positions have gained over 10 interested parties each.​
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The medical positions have only received 3 applicants but are open for another week. "​

ETA: the clinic is located in Sweden.
 
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Chandelier said:
Post-infectious clinic that will open up in April struggles to find doctors who are interested in a position. So far, only 3 doctors have been submitting an application.
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I am not surprised. Why would a doctor want to take up a job in a clinic with an airy-fairy name that sounds as if it might be closed next month? And why would they want to join a clinic full of physios and psychologists? This is why the 'community rehab' model is a dead duck.
 
Jonathan Edwards said:
I am not surprised. Why would a doctor want to take up a job in a clinic with an airy-fairy name that sounds as if it might be closed next month? And why would they want to join a clinic full of physios and psychologists? This is why the 'community rehab' model is a dead duck.
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Doctors have stand alone clinics in Norway, and Sweden already have a «team» setup in primary health where the doctors work with physios, nurses etc. There was a doctor’s office in my old town that shared space with a physio clinic, they were very happy with the setup.
 
Midnattsol said:
Doctors have stand alone clinics in Norway, and Sweden already have a «team» setup in primary health where the doctors work with physios, nurses etc. There was a doctor’s office in my old town that shared space with a physio clinic, they were very happy with the setup.
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That is a bit different from a rehab set up. All doctors work alongside nurses and in the community there will be physios covering physio things and everyone will be happy. But that is not the same as being the token medic in a rehab centre with forty therapists all therapping patients for all they are worth regardless of any evidence. That is what I worked in when I trained in rehab and it just seemed to me absurd. The doctors who got involved were mostly those who hadn't got an interesting job in a real specialty as far as I could see, or wanted a nice part time job without too much responsibility.
 
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