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They don't turn them away because "they don't know how to operate on them" they turn them away because many surgical procedures on obese patients are well studi
by 0xB31B1B 4y ago
They don't turn them away because "they don't know how to operate on them" they turn them away because many surgical procedures on obese patients are well studied to have negative outcomes and risks for obese patients that do not justify the procedure. There is no polite way to say "you are too obese to undergo this procedure" using a modern framework of body acceptance, and that is a problem with the body acceptance framework, not the limitations of modern medicine.
- klyrs 4y ago> There is no polite way to say "you are too obese to undergo this procedure" There is, actually, and it involves compassion. And then there's what actually happens: I've been in the other room and heard a friend get literally yelled at by a doctor for their body weight, and heard many similar stories second hand. The verbal abuse that patients endure is inexcusable, and highly counterproductive.