Comments on: Tell patients to stop smoking, or get sued http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: GDad http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-84231 GDad Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get-sued.html#comment-84231 Should I also sue my ophthalmologist for neglecting to tell me not to stare at the sun?<br/><br/>Doofuses. Or is it "doofi?" Should I also sue my ophthalmologist for neglecting to tell me not to stare at the sun?

Doofuses. Or is it “doofi?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-84178 Anonymous Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:25:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get-sued.html#comment-84178 Why does this group insist on berating physicians for "missing" cancers that haven't happened yet and which are ENTIRELY the fault of the patient??<br/><br/>Oh and I knew there'd be at least one bleeding heart who'd go on and on about the definition of caring. Caring means you are invested in the health of your patient, to the extent that the patient himself is invested. Beyond that lies martyrdom. Thanks for taking the bait. Why does this group insist on berating physicians for “missing” cancers that haven’t happened yet and which are ENTIRELY the fault of the patient??

Oh and I knew there’d be at least one bleeding heart who’d go on and on about the definition of caring. Caring means you are invested in the health of your patient, to the extent that the patient himself is invested. Beyond that lies martyrdom. Thanks for taking the bait.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-84169 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:59:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get-sued.html#comment-84169 Perhaps the defense attornny's of repeat offenders should be sued if they don't advise them not to commit more crimes! Perhaps the defense attornny’s of repeat offenders should be sued if they don’t advise them not to commit more crimes!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-84167 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:17:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get-sued.html#comment-84167 Again, it hasn't happened. Why do you insist on berating the patient population for lawsuits that have never been filed? If you are indeed "caring", then you'll realize how foolish it is to translate a hypothetical scenario into a real cause to react negatively toward the people who depend on your expertise and have done you no wrong. Again, it hasn’t happened. Why do you insist on berating the patient population for lawsuits that have never been filed? If you are indeed “caring”, then you’ll realize how foolish it is to translate a hypothetical scenario into a real cause to react negatively toward the people who depend on your expertise and have done you no wrong.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get.html/comment-page-1#comment-84162 Anonymous Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/03/tell-patients-to-stop-smoking-or-get-sued.html#comment-84162 Kevin, congratulations once again at being able to ferret out THE stupidest regulatory idea of the day!<br/><br/>These morons think that suing me because I haven't spent inordinate amounts of time (196 page guideline!!) telling a patient what any sensate human with a pulse should know in the 21st century (that smoking is BAD for you) is going to keep people from smoking??<br/><br/>All that's going to accomplish is lining the pockets of greedy trial lawyers and greedy plaintiffs. And it's going to make experienced, caring head & neck surgeons like me inch that much closer to early retirement. Kevin, congratulations once again at being able to ferret out THE stupidest regulatory idea of the day!

These morons think that suing me because I haven’t spent inordinate amounts of time (196 page guideline!!) telling a patient what any sensate human with a pulse should know in the 21st century (that smoking is BAD for you) is going to keep people from smoking??

All that’s going to accomplish is lining the pockets of greedy trial lawyers and greedy plaintiffs. And it’s going to make experienced, caring head & neck surgeons like me inch that much closer to early retirement.

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