Todaly's longread is the last for this week's theme regarding health care. This article is a few years old but still documents a troubling issue in the medical field -- providing care to the obese. Not only does obesity increase a person's risk of many health problems, it also complicates the ability to receive quality care. This happens for several reasons ranging from the way that most diagnostic equipment works for the obese to the often demeaning attitudes that health professionals take to obese patients. Reading this article is just another reminder of all of the complexities that go into providing care and how many challenges have to be overcome to design methods of health care delivery that can serve everyone.
"Big Trouble" by Jason Zengerle
Published in the New Republic, November 12, 2007
-http://www.tnr.com/article/health-care-special-issue-big-trouble
Eric
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