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Farmer-Rick

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25. Exactly

Reply to Trueblue Texan (Reply #8)

Tue Aug 27, 2024, 09:51 AM

Aug 2024

If doctors get to pick and choose who should receive their medical attention based on their religion, then very few people in prison would receive medical attention.

They already pick and choose patients based on the patient's wealth and ability to pay for the doctor's services.

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Today in one of our med classes, we talked about......... [View all] riversedge Aug 2024 OP

And . . . What lifestyle are you following, Student? MagickMuffin Aug 2024 #1

What lifestyle? nikatnyte Aug 2024 #2

Exactly! leftieNanner Aug 2024 #4

I dont like the word "lifestyle" when it's applied in this manner. ShazzieB Aug 2024 #18

Yes leftieNanner Aug 2024 #20

Well many of them have suppressed urges IbogaProject Aug 2024 #42

Agreed! Rebl2 Aug 2024 #31

The professor nails it, find another profession. republianmushroom Aug 2024 #3

Hear, hear. pecosbob Aug 2024 #5

One of my best friends is an EMT and they will care for anyone regardless because saving a life is the goal MistakenLamb Aug 2024 #6

Regretfully DENVERPOPS Aug 2024 #13

Your religious bigotry doesn't give you the right to refuse to treat some people or let them die. Lonestarblue Aug 2024 #7

this . AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #33

Nothing the least bit radical about this professor's response. Trueblue Texan Aug 2024 #8

It's only recently - among certain groups - that this has been called into question FakeNoose Aug 2024 #11

Well, unfortunately, our country's past is not worth bragging about. 70sEraVet Aug 2024 #23

Nowadays, women are the ones encouraged to die in the parking lot Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #24

At a hospital? jimfields33 Aug 2024 #27

Yes, while miscarrying in a red state. Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #32

Wow. I'd think they'd at least stay in the room. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #36

This is the reality..... Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #37

Very sad and unnecessary. jimfields33 Aug 2024 #39

Exactly-- evolves Aug 2024 #22

Exactly Farmer-Rick Aug 2024 #25

As if the clinician's comfort is relevant in the least! Nt Trueblue Texan Aug 2024 #9

Well put! 👍😊 Hope22 Aug 2024 #10

100% mountain grammy Aug 2024 #12

GREAT response! Wild blueberry Aug 2024 #14

That student sounds like a future Frank Burns geardaddy Aug 2024 #15

true. memory trigger for me here . AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #34

Excellent pushback on G.W. Bush's "conscience clause" allowing any hospital or person to deny care Hekate Aug 2024 #16

"Welcome to our emergency medicine department. In order to help our staff better struggle4progress Aug 2024 #17

THANK YOU Skittles Aug 2024 #19

No shit. You can't take grudges or religious baggage into work with you Warpy Aug 2024 #21

It is the same with the pharmacist who refused Conjuay Aug 2024 #26

What about the woman at subway who refused to serve jimfields33 Aug 2024 #28

Eating is not an emergency dickthegrouch Aug 2024 #38

Exceptional point. Thanks! jimfields33 Aug 2024 #40

Republicans re going to war against civility Bucky Aug 2024 #29

Good answer. Strong and definitive... however, liberalla Aug 2024 #30

love it AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #35

That is exactly what I used to tell my dental students. PCIntern Aug 2024 #41