[Cold Heat]

He said what he did because there are more problems with increased secretions and spasms of the airways because of smoking....which complicates going under anesthesia..not to mention that whole lung cancer thing.

Then he should restrict his practice to those he approves of, if he can...... Not cajole and intimidate those he does not. He has no right to do that.

The patient, on the other hand, has no choice in the matter of who does his anesthesia and is at the mercy of his doctors and the hospital once he agrees to the operation, and often has no say in it at all.

There could be a good solid case made against involuntary psycho therapy made here.

[wallcrawlr]

There could be a good solid case made against involuntary psycho therapy made here.

oh brother...

[motormouth]

Good Grief, I hope youre joking.

Telling someone to "quit smoking" is NOT a form of intimidation. If the anesthesiologist had refused to "put him under" because he opposed the patients right to smoke, that would be one thing, but thats not what happened.

A good case for involuntary psycho therapy?????? ROFL Thats a good one.

[Chanticleer]

As far as I can tell, this is the United States of America. He has the right to speak. In fact, he probably has the duty to speak. Your freedom as a patient comes with your right to ignore his sound advice. He's not forcing anything. Was the patient coerced into quitting? Was he threatened? Was there talk of removing a digit if he didn't stop? Did the things that the anesthesiologist said in any way negatively affect his ability to do his job?

If the guy is tough enough to handle the surgery and all that nicotine, he can certainly handle a little disapproval.

[stylin19a]

thank you