tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post3921802743808848643..comments2023-12-06T02:22:41.121-06:00Comments on The Hamburg Post: Dr. Cassell sparks debate over health care with signagetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-34765918114658291112010-04-08T14:21:48.963-05:002010-04-08T14:21:48.963-05:00Why cannot doctors be allowed to turn away patient...Why cannot doctors be allowed to turn away patients they don't feel they want to help? Set aside the Oath for a moment. Lawyers are rewarded with Pro Bono work; yet our Doctors are not - do not both professions have similar and equal ethical standards to live up to?tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09917268285666551114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-17548952107795879142010-04-05T09:04:18.318-05:002010-04-05T09:04:18.318-05:00It's an implicit refusal. By stating "if...It's an implicit refusal. By stating "if they read the sign and turn the other way, so be it." you are implicitly refusing service. Just because you don't verbally tell them to go away, doesn't mean that you didn't force them to self-select that fact based upon your discriminatory behavior. <br /><br />Therefore, it's more than splitting semantic hairs to make your point.<br /><br />It's no different than putting a sign on your door as a Dr. stating "whites only". It's not explicit refusal of service, but it's certainly implicit. By that fact, the analogy fits, I'm sorry you can't see it.<br /><br />And therefore, as I said, the difference between a bartender who refuses service (implicitly or explicitly) and a Dr. is that bartenders aren't licensed by the state (although their bars are) and I can choose to go elsewhere. Neither of those are necessarily true of doctors.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-35887475263330316542010-04-04T22:23:46.945-05:002010-04-04T22:23:46.945-05:00Kevin,
Except he's not refusing care to anyone...Kevin,<br />Except he's not refusing care to anyone. So you're little story about paramedics refusing to treat someone has nothing to do with the point of the article. Same with your bartender analogy, it has nothing to do with it.<br /><br />He's not refusing care, end of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075324469668918466.post-2083245395765468062010-04-04T18:37:54.380-05:002010-04-04T18:37:54.380-05:00Political affiliation is NOT a protected class. H...Political affiliation is NOT a protected class. However, as a Dr. that is licensed by the state, you take an oath to treat all patients equally. Refusing service to someone because of political affiliation would be a breach of that oath and potential for revocation of the license.<br /><br />Personally, I think he fell off the wrong side of the cabbage truck and is a li'l left of nutty which is why I wouldn't want him as my doctor, but if he provides a service that someone needs, he cannot discriminate against them and uphold his oath to provide medicine.<br /><br />What happens if paramedics show up at a car accident and see the "pro-obama" bumper sticker on the car and refuse to treat them? While that's a bit more extreme, certain professions cannot refuse service.<br /><br />Now if he was a bartender, he's got every right to refuse service.Kevinnoreply@blogger.com