Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP James L. Holly, M.D. Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP


Your Life Your Health - LESS Initiative Beaumont Enterprise Letter to the Editor
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Letter to Editor
March 12, 2005
The Beaumont Enterprise

March 12, 2005 Letter to the Beaumont Enterprise

Nurse takes issue with method of promoting heatlhy lifestyle

As a nurse in the community, I fully support physicians trying to improve their patients' lifestyles. But in an article in Monday's Enterprise, the idea of firing a patient for not stopping smoking in 30 days seems ludicrous. It sounds like a priest asking sinners not to come to church.

In the article Dr. James Holly of Southeast Texas Medical Associates states, "The idea of dismissing a patient may seem harsh." Well, it does.

Why not try to use the skills physicians learn to promote healthy lifestyles without the "show them the door" attitude.

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