Is this pissed off doctor turning patients away?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I didn't say anything about the sign, I just said that I agree with him when he said that voting for Obama was a mistake. I don't think anyone who's sick and needs medical care should be turned away.

CG, the question is still on the table. This is a medical professional who has to treat you. He spoke out against the bill although he claims he has no real working knowledge of it (surprise there as most docs have NO idea how insurance really works) but you have to see him to have a condition treated.

Would you still go or seek treatment elsewhere?

Would you be concerned at the level of care he gives, knowing this?

My vote should never be a prerequisite for my medical treatment.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

CG, the question is still on the table. This is a medical professional who has to treat you. He spoke out against the bill although he claims he has no real working knowledge of it (surprise there as most docs have NO idea how insurance really works) but you have to see him to have a condition treated.

Would you still go or seek treatment elsewhere?

Would you be concerned at the level of care he gives, knowing this?

My vote should never be a prerequisite for my medical treatment.

I would seek treatment somewhere else.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I would seek treatment somewhere else.

And there is the problem. A patient should never have to seek another doctor because of this example.

If more doctors start drawing political lines as to who they will treat, just IMO only, they are violating many ethical rules that they themselves created in order to treat ALL who need to be treated.

To me, doctors don't really have the 'right' to turn away anyone due to a discriminatory preference and that is what I see here and scarily enough, this isn't the end of this.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And there is the problem. A patient should never have to seek another doctor because of this example.

If more doctors start drawing political lines as to who they will treat, just IMO only, they are violating many ethical rules that they themselves created in order to treat ALL who need to be treated.

To me, doctors don't really have the 'right' to turn away anyone due to a discriminatory preference and that is what I see here and scarily enough, this isn't the end of this.

I couldn't agree with you more. I was just agreeing with him when he said it was a mistake voting Obama as POTUS.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

And there is the problem. A patient should never have to seek another doctor because of this example.

If more doctors start drawing political lines as to who they will treat, just IMO only, they are violating many ethical rules that they themselves created in order to treat ALL who need to be treated.

To me, doctors don't really have the 'right' to turn away anyone due to a discriminatory preference and that is what I see here and scarily enough, this isn't the end of this.

Gee, this has been happening for years to those of us with vaginas and ovaries. Funny how when it's happening to people with penii it's OMG BAD DOCTOR WHERE IS HIS OATH???

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Gee, this has been happening for years to those of us with vaginas and ovaries. Funny how when it's happening to people with penii it's OMG BAD DOCTOR WHERE IS HIS OATH???

I found your comment funny...

It's liken to the viagra comments...