Obese Patients Should Not Be Discriminated Against For Treatment

Obese patients deserve the same standard of care as their non-obese counterparts, states an editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet.Because of financial pressures, denial of joint-replacement surgery to patients with a body-mass index greater than 30 became a policy of UK National Health Service primary-care trusts there in November, 2005... click link for more info.

• Obese Patients Should Not Be Discriminated Against For Treatment