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I was just wondering, is it ok for Doctors to refuse treatment to patients base on religious, personal or moral grounds? or pretty much for any reason?
Lady Tokimi said:I was just wondering, is it ok for Doctors to refuse treatment to patients base on religious, personal or moral grounds? or pretty much for any reason?
Lady Tokimi said:I was just wondering, is it ok for Doctors to refuse treatment to patients base on religious, personal or moral grounds? or pretty much for any reason?
Mumpu said:You can refuse but you should refer. I worked with an excellent physician who was not prescribing birth control. He had "an open letter to my patients" in all exam rooms which people were taking in droves and he's never had a problem with a patient because of his beliefs. He knew that a number of patients went to his partners instead and he was fine with that.
DrThom said:I know doctors that refuse treatment to lawyers...
DrThom said:I know doctors that refuse treatment to lawyers...
I didn't read this whole thread so my apologies for duplication, etc. I think you can refuse to treat, as in abortions, etc as long as you refer her for medical care. I actually am concerned about the same thing.Lady Tokimi said:I was just wondering, is it ok for Doctors to refuse treatment to patients base on religious, personal or moral grounds? or pretty much for any reason?
is this a joke?? they may need a lawyer someday 😀DrThom said:I know doctors that refuse treatment to lawyers...
gerido said:bull****, all lawyers?
Psycho Doctor said:is this a joke?? they may need a lawyer someday 😀
jjmcentee@hotma said:I want to focus on the first part of that question, if you could refuse for religious or political reasons?
I understand you may be able to, but why would you?
I don't mind kickin a jerk out of my office, but to kick someone out because they clash with my religious or political views? This concept kind of disgusts me. I didn't think medicine was political or religious?
Someone explain a religious or political conflict that would force a doctor to refuse care? Really, someone give me an example?
Agreedjjmcentee@hotma said:I want to focus on the first part of that question, if you could refuse for religious or political reasons?
I understand you may be able to, but why would you?
I don't mind kickin a jerk out of my office, but to kick someone out because they clash with my religious or political views? This concept kind of disgusts me. I didn't think medicine was political or religious?
Someone explain a religious or political conflict that would force a doctor to refuse care? Really, someone give me an example?
jjmcentee@hotma said:I want to focus on the first part of that question, if you could refuse for religious or political reasons?
I understand you may be able to, but why would you?
I don't mind kickin a jerk out of my office, but to kick someone out because they clash with my religious or political views? This concept kind of disgusts me. I didn't think medicine was political or religious?
Someone explain a religious or political conflict that would force a doctor to refuse care? Really, someone give me an example?
beefballs said:I always thought that a pharmacists job was to ensure correct dosage of medicine not to pass judgement on a patient.
As for the article from USAToday above, it reminds me of gunpoint negotiations. I don't see the long term benefits of refusing to see a lawyer, will it change his view point, will it provide some kind of mystical moment of clarity, c'mon it is being petty and small minded. There has to be a better solution than that, I also think that the infighting betwen the legal and medical professions lets off the insurance companies. Reform needs to take place but dialogue will get more done than vindictiveness.
Lady Tokimi said:Oka, the main reason that i have started this thread is not because i have known doctors to display such actions but because i read in an artical that Pharmacists are allowed to refuse you your medication based on their religion, personal, and moral grounds.
SocialistMD said:It is state dependent. Some states have passed legislation preventing them from refusing medication based on personal beliefs.
doc05 said:the benefit of refusing to treat a lawyer is that they are more likely to sue you than other patients. by "screening them out," you make time for less troublesome patients.
mdpdgirl said:It would be different but I don't know that it would necessarily be bad. I was recently at a place where the doctor had a store of medications in the back room and he woud write prescriptions and then go back and grab the medication and bring it out and read over the contraindications with us and go over dosing and then just hand it to us and we could leave.
It was really convenient and there was never any doubt that the doctor might have forgotten a side effect or contraindication.
said:Another interesting concept that a colleague brought up to me the other day: There are websites which list physicians who have been sued for malpractice. These arguably exits to "warn" patients of these physicians. Would physicians or the public object to a website which listed the names of patients who had sued physicians in an effort to warn physicians of "litigous patients"?
Lady Tokimi said:Refusing to treat patients based on your reason(s), whatever it may be, seems to be legal as long as you are willing to refer them elsewhere.
So what happens if the patient refuses to be referred?? can they then sue the clinic and win?
why "allow them"?? perhaps because they are human beings, free to choose for themselves their course of action? if a pharmacist does not want to dispense birth control or any other medication for personal reasons, he may be boycotted by customers or he may be fired by his employer for violating the terms of his employment, but are you suggesting it should be against the law for a pharmacist to refuse to fill a prescription?Lady Tokimi said:I just believe that if a pharmacists is trained to do exactly that, why have doctors do it? and why allow them the ability to refuse dispensing medications based on whatever reason? This is the part that mostly infuriates me.
ahd929 said:why "allow them"?? perhaps because they are human beings, free to choose for themselves their course of action? if a pharmacist does not want to dispense birth control or any other medication for personal reasons, he may be boycotted by customers or he may be fired by his employer for violating the terms of his employment, but are you suggesting it should be against the law for a pharmacist to refuse to fill a prescription?
ahd929 said:why "allow them"?? perhaps because they are human beings, free to choose for themselves their course of action? if a pharmacist does not want to dispense birth control or any other medication for personal reasons, he may be boycotted by customers or he may be fired by his employer for violating the terms of his employment, but are you suggesting it should be against the law for a pharmacist to refuse to fill a prescription?
stoic said:what it boils down to, generally, is that if you don't want to treat a patient, that's fine, but you need to promptly and openly refer them to physician who will provide that treatment. anything less than this ends up skirting patient abandonment and could get you sued big time.
it's basically the same for pharmacists. if they don't want to fill bc, fine, but there needs to be a system in place for those patients to get the rx from another pharmacist w/o too much inconvience.
my parents are both pharmacists, so i've heard a lot of ethical discussion about this. there is a night pharmacist at the hospital where my dad works that won't fill b/c or emergency contraceptions. both this pharmacist and the hospital understand that sometimes these rx's need to be filled in emergent situations so the hospital put b/c and plan b in the pixis system. no one should ever be forced to do something that they don't believe in, but they shouldn't use these personal opinioins to challlenge the legitimate care that someone else wants and must ensure that the care/rx in question can be be provided through some other means in a timely manner.
Elysium said:These f-ing pharmacists should go to divinity school and start preaching or go to medical school so they could write Rx instead of just dispensing them like the little automatons they are. Give me a goddamned break. My understanding was that the DOCTOR wrote a Rx (which their 8 years of training gave them the right to do) and the pharmacist filled it. Occasionally they check their Walgreens computers and say "do you realize that such and such is contraindicated with so and so" and the doctor says "i've had my patient on this combo of drugs for a decade without problems so blow it out your ass" (a real conversation i heard btw the IM doc I worked for and the local Walgreens). What in the world gives them the right to refuse to hand out BIRTH CONTROL PILLS? Do they realize that there was a movement in the FDA to make Plan B/Emergency Contraception OVER THE COUNTER? Like, it's so benign that the pharmacist doesn't even need to check their computer?
I want to find these douchebags and beat them until they're unconcious. Then I will bring all the unwanted pregnancies they have divined to their house so they can deal with them.
dinguses.
that is an excellent example, in that it illustrates my point and also illustrates the fact that you did not read my post. i clearly said that if a pharmacist refuses to fill a prescription, "he may be fired by his employer for violating the terms of his employment." i was simply pointing out that it is asinine for people to be proposing that it should be against the law to refuse to fill a prescription. if a pharmacist works for CVS and refuses to fill a prescription, CVS may either tolerate his behavior or fire him. if they tolerate it, they may be subject to censure or boycott in the community. but it's their choice, no? i thought choice was a good thing.PookieGirl said:Suppose a McDonald's person refuses to serve a Super-Sized Bic Mac meal to a customer because the customer is obese and the employee believes that an obese person should not be eating McDonald's food. What would happen to this employee? They'd be fired by McDonald's. Why does this not happen to pharmacists? What is so special about pharmacists that it is deemed okay by some for pharmacists to pass judgement on customers?
ahd929 said:that is an excellent example, in that it illustrates my point and also illustrates the fact that you did not read my post. i clearly said that if a pharmacist refuses to fill a prescription, "he may be fired by his employer for violating the terms of his employment." i was simply pointing out that it is asinine for people to be proposing that it should be against the law to refuse to fill a prescription. if a pharmacist works for CVS and refuses to fill a prescription, CVS may either tolerate his behavior or fire him. if they tolerate it, they may be subject to censure or boycott in the community. but it's their choice, no? i thought choice was a good thing.
I disagree, the baker communicated and so did the florist...
If she was going to backout her error was admitting why (best case would be to not back out)
Baker? Florist? What?The baker was a complete dick. I mean communicate without being a complete dick.
Baker? Florist? What?
Ha, ok, thanks.baker sued for not baking a cake for a gay wedding, florist same thing
I like how you just quoted from another post and bumped this almost 10 year old one, and @sb247 replied like nothing happenedHa, ok, thanks.
****. I think its bc of the similar threads thing at the bottom. Don't know how it posted. Oh wait, i used the multiple quote feature instead of reply. Any way to erase?I like how you just quoted from another post and bumped this almost 10 year old one, and @sb247 replied like nothing happened![]()