I just saw an article on MSNBC about a woman who was raped, went to an emergency room, and when she asked for the morning after pill was denied by the doctor on the grounds that it was against his religion. I think everyone, doctors included, should have the right of their moral convictions, that is not a problem for me. My problem is that a woman or man, anyone for that fact, should know up front what they are dealing with when going for treatment of any kind. If a doctor is morally against abortion or just the morning after pill the patient should
be allowed the option of choosing a different doctor.
My question is this, do you think that doctors and other health care professionals should have a disclosure for patients prior to being treated stating what treatments they are morally against. I personally would not want to pay the high prices of a doctors visit just to be told the type of treatment I want is one he or she would not perform, be it anything.
2007-06-22 05:09:19 · 9 answers · asked by ZenWoman 4 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Please, no for or against abortion issues here, just the question of disclosure is what I want to know.
2007-06-22 05:10:21 · update #1
I agree with you.
I believe that patients should have access to any legal procedure or drug, especially in an Emergency Department environment. When it's not a critical emergency, there may be time to have a discussion with the physician and choose another one.
Rather than the disclosure that you seek, I would rather seek legislative requirements of Emergency Dept. physicians to consider ALL legal treatments. If the ER Doc thinks he or she has a problem with some of those treatments, the onus should be on him/her to recuse him/herself and find a replacement pronto.
For the record, I am anti-abortion and pro-choice. And I choose to keep that a very private matter and not try to convince or convert anyone from their point of view to mine...and I expect the same courtesy from everyone else.
2007-06-22 05:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just read that same article! My sympathy was with the patient, but it is a tough call to force doctors to prescribe abortion pills. I wish the woman involved could have gone to a different doctor, one that would have done as she asked. Because she had rights too. The whole situation is such a mess and needs to be resolved by some emergency room rules.
2007-06-22 05:12:20 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget, you are not ony a patient, but a customer. If you don't like the service, leave. Lot's of doctors have bad attitudes, mostly from not having enough time to do their jobs. For some it's just a total lack of empathy. You get really jaded treating people after a while. Anyway, get your money back, and go see someone else. Being a jerk is NOT against the law, sorry.
2016-05-17 10:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. Normally i am against the morning after pill, and i am def against abortion, but in this case, if she was raped then she should have the right to get the pill. She should also have the right to choose another doctor. No one is to be turned away from medical attention. Its the girls out there that screw all kinds of guys and dont use protection, knowing they can get pregnant, who use the pill that make me upset. But if a woman was raped then she should be able to recieve whatever she needs.
2007-06-22 05:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by lil_guicho216 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think yes, there should be a disclosure.
But frankly, if you are a doctor you should put your petty religious bigotry aside.
How dare he think he can force a woman to have a child born of rape! It astounds me.
I'm glad he can sleep in his expensive home at night. Knowing that she is not only going to have to deal with the trauma of her experirnece. But deal with the fact that because he feels differently about a subject she should have to go through having a child that was born from rape.
What a quack. He's supposed ot be a doctor not a preacher.
2007-06-22 05:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by Nik 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I work in a doctor's office, and all new patients receive a letter beforehand stating what treatments we do and do not perform, so the patient has the right to choose beforehand whether or not to keep an appointment.
2007-06-22 05:13:56 · answer #6 · answered by dana_osmundson 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The doctor has a right to her own convictions. If she is against the morning after pill for any reason then she should not be required to prescribe it.
There ARE other doctors and there ARE options for patients in that case.
2007-06-22 05:13:46 · answer #7 · answered by Cattlemanbob 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the morning after pill prevents conception - but the disagreement in the abortion social issue is the debate as to where life begins. Intercourse? Conception? Birth?
Everyone has an opinion.
2007-06-22 05:13:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
She should have gone to another doctor.
2007-06-22 05:12:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋