When I was a member of Kaiser Permanente here in the D.C. area they measured people in kg and cm. My employer removed that option a number of years ago and my "old school" family doctor uses colonial units only, as does my veterinarian (though both have scales that measure either way).
In 1984 and 1986 my two sons were born at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco. Evan was 3690 g and Jeffrey was 4390 g, and that's how Kaiser recorded them, even then (very likely to avoid medicine dosing errors). I still have no idea what they were in pounds and ounces. When people ask (doing baby comparisons), I have to honestly say, "I don't know." Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 22:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53570] doctor I went to a doctor for the first time today. I stepped on the scale, which read about 100 too much. The thermometer read in °F. I'd like to persuade her to metricate. An obvious point is that BMI is metric; we were talking about BMI. What are some others? How hard is it to metricate a doctor's practice? Do they have software packages, and does one simply flip a switch somewhere? Is it in /etc/profile or ~/.profile, or in a configuration file for the program? How do doctors who have metricated handle patients who have not? Pierre -- I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.
