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Title: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: bhodi on February 08, 2007, 07:04:02 AM (http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4014/manateememorial2007df7.gif) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Yegolev on February 08, 2007, 08:26:15 AM Lot of "manatees" in Florida.
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Llava on February 08, 2007, 08:42:30 AM So obvious it almost got past me.
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Nebu on February 08, 2007, 08:43:20 AM Despite the joke... any hospital making a profit from gastric bypass should die in a fire.
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Murgos on February 08, 2007, 08:49:43 AM Manatee County Florida. Like he said there are lot's of businesses, rivers, landmarks and etc.. in Fla with manatee in the name.
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Yegolev on February 08, 2007, 08:56:23 AM Don't forget fatasses.
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: tazelbain on February 08, 2007, 08:57:51 AM Fatass, Florida?
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Morat20 on February 08, 2007, 11:02:01 AM Despite the joke... any hospital making a profit from gastric bypass should die in a fire. There are much better and safer alternatives if you absolute require a surgical intervention. Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: bhodi on February 08, 2007, 12:22:59 PM Lap-Band? (http://www.lap-band.com)
Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: SnakeCharmer on February 08, 2007, 12:31:48 PM Despite the joke... any hospital making a profit from gastric bypass should die in a fire. Why not profit off the fat fucks that will cost MORE money later in treatment of diabetes, heart failure, etc? Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Nebu on February 08, 2007, 12:35:43 PM Why not profit off the fat fucks that will cost MORE money later in treatment of diabetes, heart failure, etc? This smells of bait. I'll just state that I think there are far too many cases where a gastric bypass procedure is unethical medicine in the first place. Adding a financial incentive to it pushes some buttons for me. Your opinion may vary. Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: SnakeCharmer on February 08, 2007, 01:10:50 PM Why not profit off the fat fucks that will cost MORE money later in treatment of diabetes, heart failure, etc? This smells of bait. I'll just state that I think there are far too many cases where a gastric bypass procedure is unethical medicine in the first place. Adding a financial incentive to it pushes some buttons for me. Your opinion may vary. It's not bait, it's an honest statement. Perhaps I *did* unintentionally word it as such. We're a capitalistic society. Hospitals provide a service, yes, but they also primarily are business interests. Gastric bypass is now becoming a crutch for couch potato fatasses that gorge themselves on supersize combo meals, rather than eating healthy and getting a bit of exercise. And if the hospital can make money off it to offset other costs of treatment of health problems CAUSED by obesity, so be it. GBP should be a last resort, rather than what it is rapidly becoming. Besides, I know two people that have had it done, and now two years later, they are gaining weight again for the simple fact they are STILL leading a sedentary lifestyle and eating crap foods. Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Nebu on February 08, 2007, 01:19:47 PM I'm asserting that the practice of good medicine and the practice of good business aren't good bedfellows. "The customer is always right" isn't a mantra that any physician should practice, but is often one imposed upon them by upper administration. It's one of the largest contributing reasons in my decision to leave medicine.
For-profit medical care does provide some benefits to medicine as a whole, but it also provides far more detriments. Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: voodoolily on February 09, 2007, 12:40:11 PM For-profit medical care does provide some benefits to medicine as a whole, but it also provides far more detriments. Including, but not limited to: (http://www.plasticsurgeryhumour.com/img/bad_plastic_surgery.jpg) Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Furiously on February 09, 2007, 12:47:19 PM For-profit medical care does provide some benefits to medicine as a whole, but it also provides far more detriments. Including, but not limited to: [img http://www.plasticsurgeryhumour.com/img/bad_plastic_surgery.jpg /img] your picture didn't post for me... Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: Nebu on February 09, 2007, 12:48:09 PM your picture didn't post for me... Consider that a blessing. Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: voodoolily on February 09, 2007, 03:45:14 PM Does this one get the point across?
(http://files.myopera.com/Bj%c3%b8rk/albums/60609/thumbs/Bad%20Plastic%20Surgery.jpg_thumb.jpg) Title: Re: Subtle joke or Ad? You decide. Post by: WayAbvPar on February 09, 2007, 03:55:18 PM Does this one get the point across? (http://files.myopera.com/Bj%c3%b8rk/albums/60609/thumbs/Bad%20Plastic%20Surgery.jpg_thumb.jpg) (http://www.womenlifestyle.com/images/beast.jpg) |