[lit-ideas] Re: Immigration
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:06:52 +0100
AA>> Personally, I would give them one visit, and then
demand weight loss as a condition for further care, since
the weight is the cause of the problem.
> I wonder why that's not done.
Because it would be inhumane? FYI diabetics here and in the US certainly
are *told* to lose weight and given dietary advice and checked
at regular intervals and so on (my father was a diabetic, my brother is;
I'm having tests this week though my doctor thinks probably I haven't got
it).
I saw The Man In the White Suit but a long time ago... I'll have to look it
up!
Judy Evans, cardiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 12:56 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Immigration
> The irony is that diabetes is one of the most preventable diseases around.
> The current epidemic is directly connected to the obesity epidemic.
> Personally, I would give them one visit, and then demand weight loss as a
> condition for further care, since the weight is the cause of the problem.
> I wonder why that's not done. The way it's done now, patients do 10% of
> the work, and the healthcare system does the rest as the patient slowly
> deteriorates. If the patient can't do 50% of the work, he's being
enabled,
> not treated. Socially, too, so much can be done, yet nothing is done.
>
> Saw an interesting movie last night, The Man in the White Suit, 1951, with
> Alec Guinness. Beautiful black and white cinematography.
>
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