Weight Loss Is Not a Substitute for Healthcare: Part 2 - Denial of Care
Weight and Healthcare · Ragen Chastain
July 12, 20258m 15s
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Show Notes
In part 1 of this series we looked at the basic issues of a healthcare system that is allowed to demand weight loss before patients are able to access healthcare. In this section, we’ll look at BMI-based denials of care. These occur when a patient is denied care unless or until they reach a certain BMI. It is often justified by the idea that higher-weight patients have more complications/worse outcomes and that weight loss will improve this. But it’s far from being that simple.
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