From April 2, New York Times comes this interesting article about a physician who posts a sign at his office inviting those who disagree with his politics to seek care elsewhere. It raises significant questions about whether and under what circumstances a clinician should be able to choose her or her patients? It is common and accepted for patients to be able to discriminate in choosing their physicians, including on the basis of gender, age, religion, ethnicity and other criteria. Few question this. When the tables are turned, different emotions are triggered. What do you think?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/03doctor.html?ref=health
I am always amazed at these self serving physicians who are very public about denying care to the disadvantaged. This urologist who presumably enjoyed the wonderful advancement of the economy under the Bush years, and would have liked to see it continue (downhill), under McCain, went to a medical school with subsidized education for his degree (omiGod -socialism!) would no doubt be reluctant to reimburse the public for the free part of his education. Does a physician with this attitude ever give anything back?