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In reply to the discussion: (TX) Victoria Hospital Won't Hire Very Obese Workers [View all]RobinA
(10,074 posts)reading this I thought it was going to be about health (which it still could be), but they're selling it based on patient perception. That could go in all kinds of fun directions. People over 65? OK, doctors are white, male and at least middle-aged.
I'm female, 54, white. I prefer male docters, could be a little younger than me, but I don't want to see Doogie Howser at my bedside. All female physicians are fired. Race isn't a big consideration. No bad hair, please. If you can't take care of your hair, how can you do surgery? Now here's a pet peeve - bad spelling. Spelling tests for all Drs where I might be in the hospital. If you can't do a simple thing like spell, how could you have been smart enough to get through medical school? (Bad spellers, don't hate me, I'm just applying the logic used by the people in the article.)