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Re: men and sectionsFrom: Karen Lee (karenlee@sos.net)Sun Nov 5 22:16:32 2000
>At Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Karen Lee wrote: >> >>As an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner for 25 years I cannot count the number of >>times a woman has said something to the effect that she is so glad to see a >>woman, men CAN'T understand, etc. I tell them that I understand that >>feeling and that's why I went to a woman obstetrician when I had my second >>child. I then leave a short, but pregnant, pause and say "she was as mean >>as a junk-yard dog! > >Karen- My wife is an Internist, who finally gave up on female >gynecologists because every one was too rough. A male gyn performed a >painless exam and (get this) both listened to her and took time to get >to know her personally. When pregnant she saw my partners, some male, >some female, but all excellent physicians. Now, when a patient tells >her "I'm so glad you're a woman," she makes it clear that medical >excellence and compassion are not gender-specific, and that when >patients choose a health care provider based on anything but competence >and compassion, they are taking a risk. If long-time list members can >believe it, she's even more militant about the gyn gender issue than I >am. > >I have made it a point to not allow discrimination in my office under >any circumstances. A patient recently stated that she "would not see a >damn Cuban doctor" so I discharged her from the practice. She has the >right as a consumer to not see Latin doctors, but I have a right to not >have her a part of our practice. Some patients tell me that they "do >not want a black medical student or nurse," which is both illegal and >impractical at our public institution, so we explain that they have the >right to seek care elsewhere, but that we will not change the ethnicity >of our staff to cater to their bigotry. They get the picture, and no >patient has went elsewhere. It's a tough battle, but it's up to all of >us to fight bigotry. Gracias, > >Ashley > >-- >D. Ashley Hill, MD >Associate Director >Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology >Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency >Orlando, Florida Well said! I have had one woman come to our office with the expectation that she was seeing a male physician. Evidently it was a secretarial error that had her scheduled to see me. When the nurse said have a seat in Karen's office and she will be here in a minute the woman responded with alarm..."I'm not going to let a woman touch me"! There's just no end to the possibilities in human perception! I'm just grateful that I rejected the bigotry of my family of origin and moved to higher ground.
-- Karen Lee, ARNP Certified Menopause Clinician Mount Vernon, WA
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