Should doctors ever turn away obese patients?

June 1, 2011

Many of the adolescents Chicago pediatrician Ruby Roy, MD, treats weigh more than 200 pounds. When they are too heavy for the exam table, she asks them to stand during office visits. If they are too big to fit into a gown, she covers them with bedsheets. But she never refuses to treat them because they weigh too much. (American Medical News)