{"id":8230,"date":"2026-10-15T16:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=8230"},"modified":"2026-10-15T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:36:53","slug":"batt-harring-and-bolster-who-gets-to-be-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?p=8230","title":{"rendered":"Batt, Harring and Bolster. Who gets to be sick?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Batt AM, Harring AKV, Bolster JL. Who gets to be sick? <em>Paramedicine<\/em>. 2026;0(0). doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/27536386261497240\">10.1177\/27536386261497240<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this editorial we question the role that paramedics play in determining who is recognised as a legitimate recipient of healthcare, whose account of suffering is believed, whose needs are considered \u2018appropriate\u2019 for a particular service, and whose presentation is instead reclassified as social, behavioural, \u2018inappropriate\u2019 or misuse.<br><br>We offer that the contradiction is in the system, and challenge the profession to take time to reflect, and then actively and knowingly participate in redefining what counts as illness, whose suffering becomes visible, whose knowledge is believed, and whose needs are considered legitimate enough to receive care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261009-Batt-Harring-Bolster-Who-gets-to-be-sick.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 261009 Batt Harring Bolster Who gets to be sick.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e513423f-055d-486a-9432-c0c6c028d4ef\" href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261009-Batt-Harring-Bolster-Who-gets-to-be-sick.pdf\">261009 Batt Harring Bolster Who gets to be sick<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261009-Batt-Harring-Bolster-Who-gets-to-be-sick.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e513423f-055d-486a-9432-c0c6c028d4ef\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Batt AM, Harring AKV, Bolster JL. Who gets to be sick? Paramedicine. 2026;0(0). doi:10.1177\/27536386261497240 In this editorial we question the role that paramedics play in determining who is recognised as a legitimate recipient of healthcare, whose account of suffering is believed, whose needs are considered \u2018appropriate\u2019 for a particular service, and whose presentation is instead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72,70,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-battlab","category-frontpage","category-publications"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1536x1536.jpg",1536,1536,true],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector.jpg",1920,1920,false],"kubio-fullhd":["http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/article-glyph-gradient-round-corner-icon-vector-1080x1080.jpg",1080,1080,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"http:\/\/alanbatt.net\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Batt AM, Harring AKV, Bolster JL. 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