This is just . . . weird
Aug. 24th, 2005 10:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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."
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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Date: 2005-08-25 12:25 am (UTC)Well, when I was in my twenties, I was in a minor bike accident, and went to a doctor to make sure the bruises and cuts weren't serious. They weren't, but she _immediately_ called me on my very low weight. She was right. I was anorexic. She dealt with this with a lot of sensitivity, and I ended up seeing her regularly as part of the recovery process. So yeah, it does happen, and it can be a good thing.
I don't know the details of this particular case, but sometimes a doctor does need to address a manifest problem that isn't what the patient came in about.
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Date: 2005-08-25 08:55 am (UTC)And at least you did get treated for your injuries. See the many replies here about how some doctors ignore problems they think are connected to a patient's weight in favor of giving them advice about their weight.