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On the medical crisis of conscience
Jul. 16th, 2006 12:08 pmWarning, this is long and political. While I provide the link to the article, under the cut within the article, there are my opinions in bold. It's under the cut to spare people who are trying to avoid politics on LJ.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13834214/
A medical crisis of conscience
Faith drives some to refuse patients medication or care
By Rob Stein
The Washington Post
Updated: 1:29 a.m. ET July 16, 2006
In Chicago, an ambulance driver refused to transport a patient for an abortion. In California, fertility specialists rebuffed a gay woman seeking artificial insemination. In Texas, a pharmacist turned away a rape victim seeking the morning-after pill.
Around the United States, health workers and patients are clashing when providers balk at giving care that they feel violates their beliefs, sparking an intense, complex and often bitter debate over religious freedom vs. patients' rights.
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DV
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13834214/
A medical crisis of conscience
Faith drives some to refuse patients medication or care
By Rob Stein
The Washington Post
Updated: 1:29 a.m. ET July 16, 2006
In Chicago, an ambulance driver refused to transport a patient for an abortion. In California, fertility specialists rebuffed a gay woman seeking artificial insemination. In Texas, a pharmacist turned away a rape victim seeking the morning-after pill.
Around the United States, health workers and patients are clashing when providers balk at giving care that they feel violates their beliefs, sparking an intense, complex and often bitter debate over religious freedom vs. patients' rights.
( Read more... )
DV
