This is just . . . weird

[pegkerr]

Doctor in trouble for calling woman obese.

The story doesn't say exactly how he phrased what he said to her. I gotta think there is more to the story here.

It makes me think of that term Berke Breathed coined: "Offensensitivity."

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[althea_valara]

Dr. Terry Bennett says he tells obese patients their weight is bad for their health and their love lives

Hmm. Personally, unless I am complaining about my lack of a love life to my doctor, I don't think any doctor has the right to say that excess weight will impact my love life. Because (a) that's my private business, and (b) plenty of overweight/obese people have healthy, fulfilling love lives. So I would be pretty ticked if he said something like that.

Even so, I'm not sure it's right of her to sue. America is too lawsuit happy these days, and I don't really like it. If it was me, I'd just find a new doc and badmouth him to all my friends, so they know not to go to him.

[jbru.livejournal.com]

Note that the story says she filed a complaint with the medical board, not that she sued.

[althea_valara]

Ah! Thanks. I'm multitasking like mad this morning so probably read the article too fast and assumed some things that weren't true.