Quintner J L
St John of God Medical Centre, Wembley, Australia.
Disabil Rehabil. 1995 Jul;17(5):256-62. doi: 10.3109/09638289509166644.
The vehement scientific debate which took place in Australia in the 1980s over the epidemic of the chronic cervicobrachial pain syndrome known as repetition strain injury (RSI) was remarkable for the accompanying social commentary offered by many of the medical participants. This commentary was to have a profound effect on relationships between individual doctors and their patients with RSI. It reflected and reinforced the prevailing stereotypes within Australian society, not only of working women, but also of recipients of workers' compensation payments. On the other hand, some of the medical responses to the epidemic were severely criticized by social scientists who analysed the epidemic. In the process of such criticism, a number of stereotypes of doctors were also reinforced.
20世纪80年代，澳大利亚就慢性颈臂疼痛综合征（即重复性劳损，简称RSI）的流行展开了激烈的科学辩论，许多医学参与者随之发表的社会评论引人注目。这一评论对个体医生与其RSI患者之间的关系产生了深远影响。它反映并强化了澳大利亚社会中普遍存在的刻板印象，不仅涉及职业女性，还包括领取工人赔偿金的人。另一方面，分析这一流行病的社会科学家严厉批评了一些针对该流行病的医学应对措施。在这种批评过程中，一些关于医生的刻板印象也得到了强化。
