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Pediatrician Refuses Treatment of Baby of Lesbian Parents
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RE: Pediatrician Refuses Treatment of Baby of Lesbian Parents
(April 6, 2015 at 3:04 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: There are several misconceptions people have about doctors.  First of all, they don't all take the Hippocratic Oath.  There are various different oaths that different places require, and some have not had an oath that they had to take.  See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath

Additionally, the legal obligations of doctors obviously varies by country, but as this story is about the U.S., it is the U.S. law that is relevant:

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionar...+Treatment

There are requirements to help in an emergency (thus, an emergency room in a hospital would not be allowed to refuse treatment for someone in need), but a doctor may ordinarily refuse to take on a new patient if he or she does not want to take on the patient.

And in this case, the baby was seen by another doctor at the time of the original appointment.  So even if it were an emergency (it wasn't), it would not be a case of the child being neglected or denied care that was needed.


That said, I think this is a stupid motive to refuse to take a patient.

This, precisely.

Personally I wouldn't refuse treatment to anyone, except under the most extreme of circumstances.  And when I worked A&E it wasn't an option anyway.

Saying that, I think this paediatrician is a piece of shit for refusing to treat a kid for the perceived "sins" of the parents. 

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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RE: Pediatrician Refuses Treatment of Baby of Lesbian Parents - by The Valkyrie - April 9, 2015 at 3:36 pm

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