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What I Wish My Doctor Really Knew: The Voices of Patients With Obesity

Janyce Johnstone, Cherie Herredsberg, Les Lacy, Peg Bayles, Lynn Dierking, Arla Houck, Margaret Kilpatrick, Luanne Kramer, Karen Mason, Carla Mendez, Frank Schrotberger and Christie Befort
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2020, 18 (2) 169-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2494
Janyce Johnstone
1Grinnell, Iowa
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Cherie Herredsberg
2Smith Center, Kansas
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Les Lacy
3St. Francis, Kansas
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Peg Bayles
4Hastings, Nebraska
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Lynn Dierking
5Fairview, Kansas
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Arla Houck
6Kearny, Nebraska
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Margaret Kilpatrick
7Junction City, Kansas
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Luanne Kramer
8Hays, Kansas
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Karen Mason
9Webster City, Iowa
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Carla Mendez
10Ellsworth, Kansas
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Frank Schrotberger
11Omaha, Nebraska
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Christie Befort
12University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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    What I Wish My Doctor Really Knew: The Voices of Patients With Obesity

    Christie Befort , and colleagues

    Background "Obese" -- what a cruel word-- ,opens an essay written by a coalition of patients involved in a weight reduction medical trial. The essay channels the collective voice of a group of patients who were organized to advise the study.

    What This Study Found The authors share the doubt, dread and anxiety they experience at doctors appointments--fearing judgement, prejudice and insensitivity--and in conversations with doctors around weight management and their health. They identify key limitations in how obesity is addressed in primary care visits and describe the components of more effective treatment plans. Finally, the patient advisory panel describes the competencies they would like to see from medical professionals: "If we had to summarize what we want providers to know...it is this: we want you to know how to look at us, to see each of us as a person."

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Janyce Johnstone, Cherie Herredsberg, Les Lacy, Peg Bayles, Lynn Dierking, Arla Houck, Margaret Kilpatrick, Luanne Kramer, Karen Mason, Carla Mendez, Frank Schrotberger, Christie Befort
The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2020, 18 (2) 169-171; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2494

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Janyce Johnstone, Cherie Herredsberg, Les Lacy, Peg Bayles, Lynn Dierking, Arla Houck, Margaret Kilpatrick, Luanne Kramer, Karen Mason, Carla Mendez, Frank Schrotberger, Christie Befort
The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2020, 18 (2) 169-171; DOI: 10.1370/afm.2494
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