Straight Talk: Is It Time to be Truthful with Our Patients? via American College of Cardiology Have you ever been with a patient who has a staggering medication list and what appear to be endless complications of a poor lifestyle? How many new patients enter your clinic with obesity, coronary disease, stents, congestive heart failure, sleep apnea, and obesity-hypoventilation syndrome on oxygen? After you take a careful history, it seems to you that all diagnoses point to a poor diet and lack of exercise exacting its toll over many years. You might even wonder if a previous health care provider has ever had a honest discussion about obesity as the central underlying pathology with this patient? Will you be the first to be truthful and honest with your patient?
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:06:33 +0000