I Hate Religion

Thank you, I will look.

@Emosaur beyond disgusting. So much for the hypocratic oath 😔

@Peaceful and if I feel a poet, novelist can help me?

@Emosaur they've lost their way 😓

@Peaceful Have you ever read the hippocratic oath?

@AcidBurn I have. And in a nutshell it's to help all in need. Have you?

@AcidBurn @Peaceful So this helps, how?

@Peaceful I have. It's against the oath to refuse treatment to someone when it's an emergency. That means a doctor at the ER can't refuse to help you.
Sure, it's crappy that the doctor agreed to see them, then changed her mind. But this child wasn't in imminent danger and they still saw a doctor. I'm pretty sure the no duty rule even applies here if she never saw the child before.
The most widely accepted version also states [quote]I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.[/quote]

If she doesn't feel she can provide the warmth, sympathy, and understanding this child needs, she'd be breaking the oath by seeing her.

By the way, there are technically no repercussions for breaking most of what the oath entails.

@AcidBurn was she the chosen pediatrician? Or the OB/GYN? Just curious is all.

Idk, personally I take issue with someone choosing religion over an oath to heal and care for someone.

@Peaceful I get what you're saying, and I'm not necessarily defending her in this. I think if it was that big of an issue for her she should have not agreed to voluntarily see them in the first place.
I'm simply saying she didn't technically break any rules. I'm sure if the child was in immediate need of care she would have helped her.

If you look into michigan, you'll see it's very anti-lbg.

@AcidBurn in my opinion, when you take an oath to heal, it's all encompassing. If that's an issue for someone, they should find another line of work.

@Peaceful Go walk into any doctor's office. Tell them it's not an emergency, but in your opinion they need to take you on as a patient. let me know how that goes for you.

@AcidBurn that's not how I meant it and I believe you know it. The same could be said if I did that with my car at an auto shop.

My point still stands, I don't care about the bullshit laws that excuse prejudicial behavior and neither should you.

@Peaceful well you made me feel like shit, surely you didn't mean to.

@Peaceful I wouldn't equate a doctor with a mechanic... unless you think they're obligated to look at your car. The law specifically says doctors don't have to take on new patients. But, they can't turn them down for certain protected reasons. None of this doctor's reasons were against the law.

The important thing here is the baby saw a doctor and I can only assume is happy and healthy.

@AcidBurn my equivalency was in relation to walking into a professional place of business and demanding to be seen as your original comment mentioned. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clear the confusion up.

I think perhaps, you misunderstand my stance... That choosing to heal people means anyone in need, no matter what creed, race, gender or ethnicity they may be.

@Peaceful Then how do you take first responders I've met? They most have PTSD

@SW-User why are you still commenting when I've politely asked you to stop several times?

@Peaceful No healthcare professional is obligated to see everyone who walks through their door. Geez, it already takes me months to get an appointment. The last thing I need is my doctor taking on a bunch more patients because they got her name from somebody. As I said before, I'm not necessarily defending what she did. I'm simply saying she didn't break any rules.

@Peaceful Separate thread, and separate question... forgot, you controlled the internet. It's quite possible my remarks dont matter

@AcidBurn and I never said she broke [i]rules[/i]

I'm saying morally, I don't care for it.

Also, I never claimed any obligation to a patient walking through a door and expecting treatment. I think it was an example you initiated.

@SW-User you're awfully hostile. Take a breath, sleep on it. It's cool. But respectfully, leave me alone.

@Peaceful I forgot you told me to leave you alone, at that point it's just a culture clash: so now I'm going to ask you to stop reminding me. Funny what people notice