Posted on 05/17/2011 7:58:48 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Fifteen obstetrics-gynecology practices out of 105 polled by the Sun Sentinel said they have set weight limits for new patients. Some of the doctors said the main reason was their exam tables or other equipment can't handle people over a certain weight, but at least six said heavy women run a higher risk of complications.
"People don't realize the risk we're taking by taking care of these patients," the newspaper quoted Dr. Albert Triana of South Miami as saying. "There's more risk of something going wrong and more risk of getting sued. Everything is more complicated with an obese patient in GYN surgeries and in [pregnancies]," he told the newspaper.
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The solution is to forcibly sterlization obese women.
I guess it depends on the state, then. Here in PA, I’m always springing for a cake, a barbecued chicken, or McD’s that food cards don’t cover.
The Hippocratic Oath says “first do no harm” Obese patients are high risk when undergoing medical procedures. Airway risks from anesthetic induction, cardiovascular risks-MI, DVT, PE, poor healing are among but a few. More risk means more complications and more litigation.
With the looming doctor shortage (40$ of doctors are over 55) individual physicians, groups and hospital practices will shun high risk patients to control costs. Most already do in more subtle ways. Justifying these practices is relatively easy under the aegis of medical studies clearly demonstrating increased risk for obese patients and many other groups.
Some will rally around the cries of discrimination and demand that the state enact punitive actions for physicians such as fines and license revocation. Good luck with an approach that is sure to backfire and aggravate the situation.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Well, I read a few weeks ago that a certain sugar substitute will kill ants who want to come in the house where it is warm and dry. Just what does that junk do to a person’s body? Just curious.
Which is why I don't consider SS to be welfare.
How can she qualify for Medicaid? Is she a low-paid employee? Or is she going to also pursue disability (due to her obesity)?
If she already has insurance through her employer, then she should not qualify for the “government alternative”. This would constitute fraud/misuse (not that Obummer cares - he wants EVERYONE on the government “plan”...
LOL (See post 11)
Now that health care is a “right”, the state can force doctors to treat these patient according to state imposed dictates.
Rand Paul was right when he talked of 0bamacare as slavery for health care providers.
But not to worry. No one will get adequate health care and that’s just fine with the government.
But, according to the article, extreme obesity causes increased risks of things going wrong while the doctor is actually examining, caring for, delivering a baby, etc., for the obese patient.
Yes they do. I didn’t express an opinion one way or the other on the matter. I merely pointed out the obvious which you obviously failed to note. Sorry to have disturbed you.
And obesity? Yes, it is ONE such pre-condition.
That simply means that its complications, difficulties and possible risks are DIFFERENT than the complications difficulties and possible risks that accompany some other complicating pre-conditions a patient may have.
How does one take the Hippocratic Oath and then excuse most certain difficult pre-conditions but not one.?
Is there ANYTHING that makes obesity different?
Yes: The belief on the part of many (in the medical professions as well) that it - obesity - is more the result of the patient's own choices than is the case with most other pre-conditions. On that value judgment, on that belief, some believe they can make the moral judgment that their medical assistance is not as directly mandated by the Hippocratic Oath as are other pre-conditions.
So, the difference with obesity is not that it is a type of factor - a complicating pre-condition - not otherwise encountered. No, the difference is in the moral judgment, on the part of medical practitioners, about the condition and the patient that has it.
Women see the doctor far more than men, which is why they live 7 years longer on average.
Thank you! I appreciate that. Its really sad to me that if people were educated about what truly causes obesity we would be so much better off. Dieting wouldn’t be such a depressing affair that gives folks such food insecurities and most of all, health for so many would be so much improved. You just can’t eat all those carb calories that the body can’t processs so there it goes...straight to your fat stores.
I’m completely agreeable with you on that. That’s why, if you notice my recipe for my MIM (muffin in a minute) I use STEVIA, a natural substance (from a plant!) — I would never use saccharine, aspartame, or even that crap Splenda. I like the saying: If you can’t pronounce it you probably shouldn’t eat it
In the end women still have higher health care costs. I wasn’t judging just stating a fact.
Yes, she is a lowly-paid office drudge.
Yes, and I was merely pointing out the result of that. No offense taken.
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