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Old 11-18-2004, 12:32 AM  
mardigras
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Originally posted by theking
Just recently the wife of a friend was denied service for diabeties by a doctor unless she agreed to quit smoking...when she refused...he would not accept her as a patient.
Now that's a bad doctor. If his specialty is diabetes he could still help her with symptoms despite the smoking, and strongly object to the smoking at each visit and show her every negative test result that could be attributed to the smoking. Like too many doctors, he's too busy for his patients.
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