Bias & Trust in Healthcare Today

Valerie Sutherland, MD
Jul 10, 2021
3 min read

Have you ever heard a healthcare practitioner assume excess weight was simple to lose and the cause of all of a person's symptoms or healthcare conditions? Have you ever heard of that leading to someone avoiding going to the doctor? Have you ever heard of a person receiving disrespectful remarks from a healthcare practitioner that should know better and it leading to negative feelings about one's body that led to negative health related behaviors?

Want to read more?

Subscribe to rainiermd.com to keep reading this exclusive post.

Subscribe Now

Recent Posts

See All

Navigating Your Health Journey on a GLP 1

Food Noise Over Time on GLP 1s While GLP1 medications are remarkable in their weight loss results, in clinical practice, durable outcomes are hampered by high discontinuation rates. While it is easy t

The Wegovy Pill is Here!

Wegovy was recently approved in tablet form in December 2025. What are the important things to know about this new treatment option? There are two differences in the FDA approval between the Wegovy in

Hedonism vs. Aversion: Finding the Right Balance with GLP1s?

At Obesity Week in Atlanta this Fall, much of the content was on common benefits and pitfalls in real-world, large scale clinical use of GLP1s. To me, the underlying concept for many of these is the

Post: Blog2 Post

Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions. We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results. We are a medical program, not just a prescription.

Want to read more?

Experts in chronic medical weight management for preventing, managing and reversing health conditions.
We prescribe and manage chronic weight managment pharmacotherapy within a structured and comprehensive program for the best long term results.
We are a medical program, not just a prescription.