• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I very much understand that, but it is not what I meant.

    Let’s out a hypothetical example, just to make the point. Let’s say that a white doctor refuses to treat a Muslim patient because of his religion. Or let’s say that a Muslim doctor refuses to treat a women, even though he could because his religion doesn’t allow him to do that.

    That lady one sort of happened a long time ago in my town

    My point is not that a doctor must perform all procedures whether they can or not, my point is that they must perform all procedures to help a patient, irrespective of what they think or fell about that patient.

    A nice opposite of my example, and how it should be is that rather famous picture of a black doctor saving the live of a KKK asshole. That is how it’s supposed to be. You are a doctor, you do what you can and you don’t opt out ONLY because you don’t like something about the patient or procedure they need

    • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 hours ago

      Yeah, but think your examples through.

      Refusing to treat because of a religion is illegal and there is no way for a doctor to justify it.

      But being a doctor that only treats men or only treats women is not illegal, and many exist.

      My barber only services men.

      If he came out and said that he doesn’t cut women because they are inferior or whatever, he would quickly be fined or jailed.

      But because he says he specializes in men’s hair, it’s fine.

      And maybe he secretly is a misogynist, but there is no way to know.