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Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Wed Aug 24, 2005 at 10:55:16 PM EST

I would much rather have a doctor insult me while trying to preserve my health than sugarcoat problems and allow my health to suffer as a result. But I guess that's just me.

Also, for my part, I am amazed at how brittle our collective sensibilities have become.

Again, maybe that's just me.

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by Roger Fraley on Thu Aug 25, 2005 at 09:25:57 AM EST

It's not just you. But there's one thing I want to know about this and I can't find it. Did the doctor in question call her fat or did he inform her that she was overweight. I guess it really doesn't matter but the word choice might explain this tempest in a teapot a little

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by peggybundy on Thu Aug 25, 2005 at 09:51:06 AM EST

Imagine the scenario. The doctor, in an effort to not offend and be PC, says nothing to this woman about her weight. She goes on to have a heart attack (or develop diabetes, or breast cancer, or name your favorite disease) and then sues the physician because he didn't warn her of the dreaded consequences of her inability to take off weight.

Check out Philip Howard's The Common Good. Tons of stories about this type of insanity in our legal system.

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