tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post3167208904318781571..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Hope and Monique visit with EmilyPaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-80560659288913033612010-04-25T10:26:54.480-04:002010-04-25T10:26:54.480-04:00Holy crap, is it true that a lot of people would b...Holy crap, is it true that a lot of people would be more likely to go to the doctor if they didn't have to get weighed??<br /><br />Do people today (especially women, I guess) have such massive body / self-image issues that they don't want to be in touch with reality??<br /><br />In participatory medicine we say "How can patients participate if they don't have the data their doctors have?" It's a whole other discussion if patients don't <i>want</i> to know anything. That would be a scary level of ignorance, si?<br /><br />Funny: you mentioned the classic <i>Our Bodies, Ourselves</i>, whose 13th edition is in development. Before that book women were mostly not <i>allowed</i> to know about their bodies. Has much of society regressed to where young women don't want to know?e-Patient Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608258246509102466noreply@blogger.com