Dipesh Gopal

@dipeshgopal.bsky.social

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Doctor (GP) | @qmul-wiph.bsky.social research in cancer survivorship & health inequalities #survonc #lwbc | @gppact.bsky.social | Own views. RT≠end. https://linktr.ee/dipeshgopal

Evidence and patient voice
Pathocentric testimonial injustice
Effect on minorities groups
Epistemic injustice
Dr Dhairyawan presents her book at BJGP conference
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Success in policy piloting
Theory in qualitative research
Types of theory
Themes do not emerge
Conference chair welcome
4. Social Media for Academics Participants will learn about: the importance of online visibility establishing academic media, e.g. Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Scopus, Web of Science, ORCID selecting the appropriate social media platform building social media profiles and a ‘presence’ supplementary tools to create online content Participants are encouraged to bring their existing profiles for critique and possible improvement. Dipesh is an ambitious and driven Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London and General Practitioner (GP) practising in North London. His research interests lie in research related to improving the lives of people with a cancer diagnosis (cancer survivorship, living with and beyond cancer) and health inequalities. He was previously an Academic
Sathnam Sanghera in conversation with Hannah MacInnes
Medical ambivalence and Long Covid: The disconnects, entanglements, and productivities shaping ethnic minority experiences in the UK Damien T. Ridge, Alex Broom, Nisreen A. Alwan, Carolyn A. Chew-Graham, Nina Smyth, Dipesh Gopal, Tom Kingstone, Patrycia Gaszczyk, Samina Begum Abstract Structural violence - related to ‘isms’ like racism, sexism, and ableism – pertains to the ways in which social institutions harm certain groups. Such violence is critical to institutional indifference to the plight of ethnic minority people living with long-term health conditions. With only emergent literature on the lived experiences of ethnic minorities with Long Covid, we sought to investigate experiences around the interplay of illness and structural vulnerabilities. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews with a range of UK-based participants of varying ethnic minorities, ages and socio-economic situations were undertaken online between June 2022 and June 2023. A constant comparison analysis was used to develop three over-arching themes: (1) Long Covid and social recognition; (2) The violence of medical ambivalence; and (3) Pathways to recognition and support. Findings showed that while professional recognition and support were possible, participants generally faced the spectre and deployment of a particular mode of structural violence, namely ‘medical ambivalence’. The contours of medical ambivalence in the National Health Service (NHS) as an institution had consequences, including inducing or accentuating suffering via practices of care denial. Despite multiple structurally shaped ordeals (like healthcare, community stigma, and sexism), many participants were nevertheless able to gain recognition for their condition (e.g. online, religious communities). Participants with more resources were in the best position to ‘cobble together’ their own approaches to care and support, despite structural headwinds.