TEACHING SMOKERS A LESSON

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TEACHING SMOKERS A LESSON

[+] serious ballot by larrynelmira
ACTIVE Thu Mar 06, 08 - Fri Mar 06, 09
Picture this, a man who smoked most of his adult life goes into hospital for a Cardiac catheterization , to discourage him from smoking and possibly having to repeat the procedure, the medical team puts little more pressure on the incision site than necessary, makes him wait little longer than need be , preaches to him about the harmful effects of cigarettes before during and after the catheterization.

Is this acceptable behavior ?

I suppose you could argue this is being done for the welfare of the patient.

But is it okay?

Yes, it's okay
No, not okay
other
preaching yes, applying more pressure no.

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COMMENTS:
Voted : Yes, it's okay
I say yes, but I'm assuming that this had to be voluntary. If it wasn't... that's a whole different and more complicated story.

You have NO IDEA how bad I want that dog.

by ThisIsNate on Thu Mar 06, 08 10:57am [+]

I worry it might discourage a person from seeking medical attention

by larrynelmira on Thu Mar 06, 08 10:58am [+]

What does applying more pressure do? Does it hurt?

by patch22us on Thu Mar 06, 08 11:30am [+]

^yes, imagine being shot then having someone stick their finger in the wound

by larrynelmira on Thu Mar 06, 08 11:48am [+]

Voted : No, not okay
"First, do no harm."

by Black_Lava on Thu Mar 06, 08 12:04pm [+]

Voted : No, not okay
Trust me when I say it's deeply damaging to the psyche. Back when I had my lung removed, one of the doctors who was going to do the surgery, examining me for the first time, proceeded to sniff both me and the clothes I'd worn into the hospital, and asked me repeatedly, "How long have you been a smoker?" He also lectured me about the evils of the deed for close to a half-hour, before he bothered to look at my blood tests which proved, fairly conclusively, that I wasn't a smoker. Didn't bolster my spirits terribly, being so accused.

by Truthseeker013 on Thu Mar 06, 08 2:30pm [+]

Voted : preaching yes, applying more pressure no.
Then if it hurts the person, no. But I suppose being in the medical profession, they're weighing which is worse: the effect of that pressure or the potential effects of smoking. Tough one.

by patch22us on Thu Mar 06, 08 2:52pm [+]

Voted : No, not okay
Some people truly are unable to stop, it's wrong to punish them more like that...

by thesoothsayer on Thu Mar 06, 08 4:49pm [+]

I take it from the responses that this was not a voluntary thing. In retrospect, it was dumb of me to think so. I thought it was kind of like... a smoker bootcamp lol.

by ThisIsNate on Fri Mar 07, 08 5:35am [+]

Voted : preaching yes, applying more pressure no.
No, it's not acceptable behavior. You can't play with the patient's life.
I think that if they recover from your described procedure, a frank lecture and warning is in order though. Spell it all out for them in all the graphic and grotesque detail necessary.
If that doesn't get through to them, then have a body bag ready for their next visit I suppose.

by Lazyboy on Sun Mar 09, 08 5:55pm [+]

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