среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Bureaucrats need dose of reality

We may no longer live in an era in which doctors make house callsand become friends of the family a la Marcus Welby. But it's stillreasonable to expect them to dedicate themselves to putting our bestinterests first, and that includes being candid with us in assessingour well-being and making recommendations for improving it.

Well, tell that to Dr. Terry Bennett of New Hampshire. After hetold one of his obese patients -- as he makes a point of telling allof them at a time when obesity is becoming a national epidemic --that their excessive weight was life-threatening and something theyshould work to get rid of, the patient filed a …

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