Monday, November 17, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Optional Care?

In my debate the other day the question was. Do you feel that Physicians should have the right to not treat someone because of moral or conscious objectives. What I was debating was not necessarily how I felt. There was a big grey area in our debate and it was the topic of "conscious or moral objectives" I feel like many Dr's can abuse that and use a religion they are not even devoted to or a personal objection such as race or sexual orientation or not supporting the war to treat patience. I feel if you are against abortion or contraceptives then all means that is valid and patience should know before had that you are not supporting that, but things such as gay or lesbians or a rape victim and rapist should be treated the same and all have the same care. Dr's in the respect should do there job and put there personal problems as side, that patient NEEDS there care. I also feel if you are religious your God given talent is to heal as Jesus. Muhammad. Ganesha or whomever you believe in healed no matter what religion race or economic status was they healed that person, and if you are trying to be "religious", and follow in there footsteps, you should do the same. Jesus healed prostitutes or in our modern times people who need birth control. So if Jesus and these people can put away there believes and heal Dr's can also do the same, people really have to set aside there pet peeves and do there job. There is also a thin line between "conscious objections" and discrimination. Our team did not argue it as much as i thought but some one can say i have a "conscious objective" to treating Jewish people or white people or lesbian women ... when is it just out right discrimination?