[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:
There is blame on doctors even when it is past the prevention stage. No one is saying this girl is without blame. BUT, surgery may not have been the best recourse in her case. Surgery was suggested to her by the docs. You see that right?
So, they didn’t treat her actual problem of overeating and not being active. Instead they cut her up in surgery and said “TAH DAH!” you are fixed.
Obviously not.
Although I don’t know everything the doc suggested, I see surgery was the suggestion that was chosen.
But it really didn’t fix her.
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I find it difficult to blame a surgeon for treating a problem that surgery can help with surgery.
The fact that she needs psychological help is a different job for another professional.
This is like blaming the mechanic for fixing a persons car after it has been wrecked once then once again, while with holding or ignoring the fact that it was wrecked in a DUI.
The thing is, she didn’t go see a psychologist, she went to a surgeon.
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I understand where a surgeon isn’t a psychologist, but I also know that they, ESPECIALLY in cases such as this, are trained to assess a person and suggest psychological counseling if needed. Such was this case. The kid needed it. In such cases a surgeon would be remiss to just dive in and perform the surgery. There is no mandatory surgery wherein a surgeon MUST perform a surgery.
Like you, I do not know what psychological counseling was offered to this person.
BUT, a surgeon does have a duty to assess and advice in such obvious cases.