Medical textbook slammed for describing Cushing’s patient as a ‘monster’
The offensive language is in the fifth edition of Dr Pestana's Surgery Notes which was published earlier this year
A recent medical student textbook that describes a patient with potential Cushing’s disease as a “monster” and “just a fat hairy lady” if tests are negative has sparked outrage on social media.
The eyebrow-raising descriptions are contained in the fifth edition of Dr Pestana’s Surgery Notes, published this year.
