Woman Offended by Doc’s Obesity Advice
Details are confidential in this case, but I find it ironic that a doctor is being disciplined for trying to save someone from themselves. If you don’t want help from a doctor, don’t go. If you don’t like what he says, don’t listen. If he’s got no bedside manner go to another practice.
In the meantime, expend your energy on exercising, not filing lawsuits.
Woman Offended by Doc’s Obesity Advice
Dr. Terry Bennett says he tells obese patients their weight is bad for their health and their love lives, but the lecture drove one patient to complain to the state. “I told a fat woman she was obese,” Bennett says. “I tried to get her attention. I told her, ‘You need to get on a program, join a group of like-minded people and peel off the weight that is going to kill you.’ ” He says he wrote a letter of apology to the woman when he found out she was offended.
