From Dismissal to Support — Rethinking Care for MCS: Téa Christopoulos, PhD Candidate

This episode is great to share with your doctor or healthcare provider. 

We explore how medical visits could become more supportive for people living with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS).

We focus on listening, trust, and the responsibility clinicians have to support people with chronic illness. And how small changes can lead to more respectful, effective care.

Aaron Goodman speaks with Téa Christopoulos, PhD candidate and sessional instructor at the University of Toronto, working across the Faculty of Kinesiology and the Joint Centre for Bioethics. Her research explores narrative medicine and Chronic Invisible Disabilities, examining how lived experience can reshape care to be more ethical, responsive, and truly patient-centered.

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2025 paper by Téa Christopoulos:

An Ethics of Care, Relational Suffering, and Contested Invisible Disability

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