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Showing Original Post only (View all)I have a patient on my schedule today who is a heavy smoker. Complaint: "Lungs are hurting." [View all]
Sometimes, there aren't enough faces or palms to do the facepalm a situation truly deserves.
I sometimes wonder why smokers come to me for medical advice. They never follow it.
"Quit smoking".
Nope...
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I have a patient on my schedule today who is a heavy smoker. Complaint: "Lungs are hurting." [View all]
Aristus
Nov 2018
OP
I am of the view that people in medical services should refrain from value judgements
still_one
Nov 2018
#5
Illustrating cause and effect, that B is a direct consequence of A, is not a value judgement.
LanternWaste
Nov 2018
#14
"Couldn't you prescribe some cocaine and heroin to help me forget cigarettes?"
struggle4progress
Nov 2018
#19
Practically speaking, what can you do for lungs that hurt in someone who
Eliot Rosewater
Nov 2018
#51