there used to be an oath for this sort of thing w/ doctors...

[acroyear]

White Coat Underground : Accomodation or contortion?:

What kind of idiocy are we dealing with here?

"The regulation is important, because we increasingly are seeing discrimination against health-care personnel who hold religious beliefs having to do with abortion and contraception," said David Stevens, chief executive of the Christian Medical & Dental Associations. "Unless these conscience rights are protected, people are going to be driven out of health care."

What a steaming pile of guano. The CMDA needs to stop their whining. If their particular cult's beliefs prevent them from practicing medicine properly, the should be driven out of health care. If fact, it would be a very good idea to let pre-meds know quite explicitly before they matriculate that their own personal beliefs are going to take a back seat to those of their patients for the rest of their lives. Medicine is full of ethical conundrums, but this isn't one of them. If your morals don't allow you to follow the standard of care of your profession, get the hell out. I don't give a rat's ass what your beliefs are, I just want the best medical care available, and if you can't provide it, then get a job at Starbucks and make me my damned coffee.

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[eiredrake.livejournal.com]

Makes me want to go become a pharmacist so I can turn away anyone wearing a cross. Not because I think people should be descriminated against for any reason, but because until someone throws this crap back in the face of the wingnut Christians who want to ruin things for everybody this kinda crap will never stop. They take and they take and they take and they give nothing back. Actual Christians don't behave like that and Christ will no doubt not be happy with those who do.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

I keep wondering how these people would react if there was a Jehovas Witness surgeon who would let his patient die rather than proscribe the necessary blood transfusions needed...

[eiredrake.livejournal.com]

Or if they got turned for insulin by a pharmacist who thought pigs were unclean animals. (most insulin no longer comes from pigs though)

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

and most vaccines don't contain themerisol anymore but that's not stopping the anti-vaccination crowd, is it?

[eiredrake.livejournal.com]

Just ask Jenny McCarthy.

[mareska.livejournal.com]

I know that's not your title, but it's interesting how irrationally angry I got to see the word "contortion" used in relation to this.

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

get a job at Starbucks and make me my damned coffee.

I'm sorry, but I have a moral objection to adding flavored syrup to coffee...