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Re: Jehowah witness medical care From: dahmd@gate.net Tue Oct 1 14:22:39 1996 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care" Previous message: CNMPAT@aol.com: "PIH and Cervidil" Next in thread: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care" Reply: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care" Regarding refusal to care for JW patients: Robert J. Woolley wrote: >I think it's completely unethical, an abrogation of their duty and commitment to >provide care. snip This seems to be yet another case of >physicians putting their own self-interests above those of their patients, a >trend which I fear is growing and which I think is among the most morally >repugnant things I've seen in medicine. I agree. If the patient accepts death as a result of blood loss, it's her body and her decision, no matter how much it pains her physician. My partners and I once took over the care of a laboring patient from a doctor (covering for her partner who was away) who refused to care for a lesbian patient! It's one thing to say at the first visit "Gee, Ms. Jones, I just don't think I can care for a lesbian patient" and yet another to refuse to care for her during labor. Ashley D. Ashley Hill, M.D. dahmd@gate.net Orlando, FL Next message: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care" Previous message: CNMPAT@aol.com: "PIH and Cervidil" Next in thread: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care" Reply: Gordon M. Goldman: "Re: Jehowah witness medical care"

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