for everyone.

Stereotyping is not inherently bad.

I think what some have posted about is more of assumptions, and just plain lazy or bad doctoring. (Yes, some of it is negative stereotyping.)

The best we can do is to let it roll off us. It's their attitudes and assumptions that reflect negatively upon them, and their ignorance etc has no reflection upon the patient's abilities and attitudes, imo.

But it does make you wonder about those who "should" know better, you know?