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Thread #136372   Message #3231131
Posted By: Musket
29-Sep-11 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Christian Persecution
Subject: RE: BS: Christian Persecution
I have been involved in cases of proselytising clinicians from the complaints side in my past. One thing that comes across very clearly is the refusal to see that it is a problem, largely on the basis that doing God's work transcends any laws.

John P makes a succinct point regarding providing what somebody needs, not what the practitioner believes. Sadly, the mindset I have had to tackle has included thinking that the patient needs what the practitioner believes.

And so it goes on..... (Just out of the need for balance etc, I will point out that the cases I have reviewed, and there have been a few over the years, the practitioner, whether doctor, nurse or AHP has been other religions as well as Christian. Interestingly, I have never personally come across clinicians proselytising Islamic faith. However, cases of pharmacists refusing to dispense morning after pills are more common with that particular faith.)