Client Review on American Medical Group

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Every time I go to a doctor any where, I take a very real and potentially vulnerable step towards true self-care by declining to get weighed. I have done this for years and have never gotten any pushback except by NP Brock Morris and his staff. Each time I would go in to see him, I was met with resistance. It was never anything too harsh, until one day after skipping the weighing process with his staff and being escorted to my patient room, NP Brock Morris stormed in my room stomping in there with an attitude and visibly angry with no intention of hearing or understanding my feelings. He called me "non-compliant" in general and told me "I will not be your care provider anymore if you do not get weighed." He behaved absolutely ridiculous! I tried to explain to him from my heart in a condensed version why I don't like to be weighed, but he already had his mind made up before he stepped foot in that room and wasn't going to try and TRULY understand his patient - me. He awkwardly gave me my lab results and quickly ended the appointment, leaving me hurt, shaken and confused as to why he and his staff were so upset and labeling me as non-compliant all because of not getting weighed!The fact is that I am in the doctor's office to be cared for. It is the responsibility of those within the practice to ensure my experience does not trigger or cause any unnecessary harm. I have the right to refuse to be weighed! As a patient, I have the right to decline any medical test or procedure at any time! It's my body, and I have the final say! I'm not some medical chart or some cookie cutter patient! I am a human being and an individual with my own past, scars, struggles and fears. What may be good for one person may not be good for the other.However, I am a reasonable and very understanding person, so I get that there may be times when it is medically necessary for a patient to be weighed- preoperatively, when ascertaining certain medication doses, or in the tracking of life threatening conditions. I do consider circumstances individually and if there is a justifiable reason to get an accurate weight, then I can agree to it gracefully. My intentions are never to be "non-compliant". On the contrary, NP Brock Morris was anything but agreeable and graceful. It should be put in the front of his and everybody in a helping profession's daily work to be compassionate, sensitive, understanding, merciful and educated on the INDIVIDUALITY of their patients, but that is not the case with him and unfortunately many others. I was shocked to find out that he fired me from not only his care but ALL of AMG! I can't believe he fired me all because I spoke up for my own body and mental health and declined to get weighed! Weighed! WOW! I've spoken to several doctors throughout the country after this incident and they are all appalled at the level of unprofessionalism, education and insensitivity this NP has and the rest of AMG for complying with his wishes to fire me as a patient from the whole clinic. Many medical professionals are unaware of the potentially disastrous ripple effects that putting focus on a person's weight can cause. They are unaware that people can be unhealthy at ALL SIZES and you don't need a scale to see if a person appears unhealthy. "Larger bodied" or "extremely thin" individuals are often viewed as someone who wants to be "in denial about their weight" and are given their number as a "wake up" call. Assuming that people in "larger" or "frail" bodies should feel concerned about their weight is an example of inherent bias and is a part of an iatrogenic practice that inappropriately reinforces body shame as somehow "motivating". People of all shapes and sizes struggle with disordered behaviors, thoughts and just plain embarrassment, and part of healing their relationship with their mind and body means letting go of body checking behaviors, like monitoring weight. Only I KNOW how I FEEL in MY BODY, how my clothes fit, my joints move, my energy levels and vitality - none of which can be measured by a scale.