Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110517:18:55:00
15 doctors out of 105 polled by the south florida sun sentinel say they have set weight cutoffs for new patients starting at 200 pounds and turned down women who are heavier. some of the doctors say the main reason was their exam tables or other quill can't handle people over a western weigcertain weig least six said they were trying to avoid obese patients because they have a higher risk of complications. turning down overweight people is not illegal for doctors but the policy worries leaders of the physician groups medical ethics experts and advocates for the obese who say it violates the sp...
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