On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This can have dangerous side effects. What if a Doctor is opposed to giving > blood transfusions or certian medications? > > What if you have a doctor who, becasue of his religious beliefs, will not > take care of a woman, or some of of another relifion? > > Where do we draw the line?
This does get more complicated, without a doubt. I think that Scott Stewarts distinction between an elective procedure and an emergency procedure is an important one. More so, I think that there is a system in place in the medical community for dealing with ethical issues and that by and large these issues should be left there. When we were talking about abortion, it was in the context of laws governing a specific act. I do not think that doctors should be forced to perform elective abortions by law. Other issues, like withholding information on contraception, denying blood transfusions, etc, should be dealt with within the framework of professional standards and practices. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
