should major hospital treat atheist before any religious people?

Question

religious people believe life after death, they should be treated after all atheist are looked after, atheist believes this life is all they get, do you agree with me? also our hospital system should only treat religious people who has living family member, otherwise its better they die and go to paradise, what do u think?

Answer 1

lol
look out, it's a tough, angry little crowd tonight.

Answer 2

That's not really all that ethical.
It doesn't matter what people believe, they should be treated equally. Also, what you're saying is that what happens to a person after death is dependent on his or her beliefs - so when Atheists die, that's the end, whereas when a religious person dies, he or she goes to Heaven or is reincarnated or what have you. Since people have been debating for eons over which it is, we obviously haven't reached a conclusion. If the atheists are right, then the religious people still should get fair treatment, because that means that their life is over as soon as they die. If the theists are right, then there is life after death and therefore it's not really worth it for anyone to be treated (using your logic - I believe in God and an afterlife, but I don't believe in dieing unnecessarily). Following your logic, if the atheists are right, then its fine to let a religious person die under the BELIEF that he or she is going to have an afterlife, when really, he or she is not.
The entire above paragraph was essentially pointless, because the entire concept that you mentioned is absolutely ridiculous. People dieing as a result of their beliefs has been the cause of problems for ages. Think Hitler.

Answer 3

Hindus believe in reincarnation, should doctors consult the karmic wheel before deciding to treat? After all, if a Hindu doesn't have more time to fix his karma, he could come back as a worm.

Catholics believe you go right to heaven only if you've been absolved of your sins right before dying, otherwise, you could spend time in Purgatory. So should a doctor keep a Catholic alive just long enough for his priest to arrive?

What about Unitarians? They don't know what they believe.

Satanists are arguably religious, but letting them die would send them to hell. Is that right?

You gotta have all this planned out before posing a question like this. Now you go back and think about this, when you have the whole system worked out, write it up and post it, and I'll mock you all over again.

Answer 4

When my grandmother was in the hospital, awaiting the surgery they said she would not live long without, she was informed that her operation had been postponed a day because they had another patient come in, someone even worse off. Now my grandmother had been told that she might die any time without that operation. But she smiled and said that she was ready to go home anytime, and if someone needed it more than she did, to go ahead and treat them first. She was serene in her faith in God, and was not afraid to die. She worried more about the other person. So you see, in a way, she agreed with you. The question you mean for spite, she would have answered out of love. I hope one day to be the strong woman in Christ my grandmother was.

Answer 5

Seems like it would be against this. . .

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

Answer 6

No. What if the Christians are wrong? Not only have they been BS'ed their whole life by this belief, but they also wrongfully died believing that they would go to paradise. Nobody deserves that.

Answer 7

People in hospitals should be treated by the severity of their need. It should have nothin to do with religious beliefs or non-belief. That's just stupid.

Answer 8

Seems to me a triage will treat the most severe cases first.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 9

No. If I come in with a broken toe and a Christian comes in with 3 gunshot wounds, I want THEM treated first.

Answer 10

Religion has NO place when it comes to assisting someone who needs medical attention. Talk about a lawsuit if they did do that!!!!

Answer 11

American hospitals treat first come first serve.