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David - 26 Aug 2005 00:56 GMT

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/340351p-290585c.html

Rhetorical question of the day: what the hell is this world coming to
when a doctor can't attempt to dissuade a large woman from continuing to
suffer from obesity? Gimme a break.

Next comment: it's WAAAY to easy to sue someone.

Dave

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Ma¢k - 26 Aug 2005 12:19 GMT

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now's the time to go to Chung's so called clinic, especially if you're
fat, and when he opens his mouth, sue the little shite.

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just being helpful.

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BJ in Texas - 26 Aug 2005 13:14 GMT

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Gee, I am sorry her feelings were hurt (NOT). The doc has a duty
to
advise her on staying/getting healthy and to loose weight. My
guess
is that he knew of no reason other than lack of resolve
(laziness?)
that she could not do it. I would also bet that it was not the
first time
this issue had been mentioned to her.

BJ

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Loretta Eisenberg - 26 Aug 2005 15:20 GMT

I personally perfer a doctor who tells it like it is. But some people
just cant handle the truth and this woman was one of them I guess we
should go to doctors and request that they go easy on what they have to
say because they cant handle the truth. lol

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Uncle Enrico - 26 Aug 2005 15:03 GMT

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When I was 50 pounds overweight at 5'7", my doctor at Kaiser tried
sensitive discussions as well as the harsh truth. Nothing worked. What
finally worked was being afraid of what diabetes was doing to me as I
read, learned and took multiple meter readings each day.

I suspect the harsh truth makes many fat people eat more. On the other
hand, doctors need to be protected from patients who are "offended" by
their advice. Too many lawsuits result in defensive medicine,
unnecessary tests, and higher medical costs. We shouldn't allow lawsuits
to silence truth.

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naneklund@aol.com - 26 Aug 2005 17:51 GMT

Got a whole crew of new doctors after my heart surgery. The GP was a
sweet man who treated me with great courtesy, as if I were his
grandmother! I dumped him. Got a fellow diabetic who bawls me out
when I need it. And I frequently need it.
That woman was a greedy idiot.

Nan, Type 2 since 1990 or so

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Guys - 26 Aug 2005 18:04 GMT

>Got a whole crew of new doctors after my heart surgery. The GP was a
>sweet man who treated me with great courtesy, as if I were his
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>Nan, Type 2 since 1990 or so

The thieves make up all pay--by more restricted medical
care and the actual cost. As long as people have no
moral or ethics we will have to pay. That is forever.

We need to examine the definition of "human:".
Guy

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Michael - 28 Aug 2005 00:32 GMT

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Agree. However, I do think he crossed the line when he said, according
to the article, that "she was statistically likely to outlive her
also-obese husband and that she would have a hard time finding a new man
as a fat woman." ('course, from the context of the article, I can't
tell if this is her recollection, or his)

mt

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Guys - 28 Aug 2005 00:59 GMT

It is common prectice to sue a business in some
lame pretext. The problem is the liability insurer
usually will settle for a few thousnad since a
day in court will cosrt about the same
A few papers and and the sue bird and their atroney will
split a few thousand.
It allegedly is a common practice
You end up paying, even it is millicent
for a stick of gum.

L

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Quentin Grady - 28 Aug 2005 05:53 GMT

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G'day G'day Michael,

Agreed, though one doesn't know what else the doctor had said to the
woman previously in order to draw her attention to the risks of
obesity. For all we know this "tough love" approach could have been a
tactic of last resort to save her life.

My wife commented that next she expected a doctor to be sued because
he/she didn't warn a patient about the dangers of obesity ... rather
like the parents or kids who attempted to sue Mc Donald's because
their kids became obese regularly eating large burgers.

Her point was that doctors seemed to be in a lose-lose situation.

Wonder what the woman will do with the money ... get a stomach staple
or eat more extravagantly.

Best wishes,

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Chakolate - 30 Aug 2005 05:21 GMT

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Oh. My. God.

(quote)
Bennett also told the 5-foot-7, 250-pound woman that she was
statistically likely to outlive her also-obese husband and that she
would have a hard time finding a new man as a fat woman. "I talked to an
obese patient, told her the truth, she was offended," Bennett told NBC's
"Today" show yesterday. (end quote)

That was *way* over the line. Humiliation doesn't help motivate
anybody.

And she didn't sue him, she reported him to state health authorities.

And as for the woman who sued McD's for scalding her with coffee, get
the facts straight here: http://www.stellaawards.com/stella.html .
She was right to sue.

Chak

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 31 Aug 2005 12:36 GMT

> http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/340351p-290585c.html
>
> Rhetorical question of the day: what the hell is this world coming to
> when a doctor can't attempt to dissuade a large woman from continuing to
> suffer from obesity?

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