Doctors want right to talk faith!

Furrowed Brow · Post by **Furrowed Brow** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:07 am

Doctors want right to talk faith

Should they get it?

scottlittlefield17 · Post by **scottlittlefield17** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:50 pm

icon_confused2 I'm sort of baffled here. Its not the doctors job to worry about spiritual needs... well its sorta where do you draw the line on that isn't it?

Say a man or woman had an accident and lost the use of one of their limbs. Now the doctor comes in and tells them there is a surgury that can restore use of the limb, for the most part, but its very costly. The woman/man's insurance won't cover enough of the cost, so they can't afford the surgury. Now the doctor knows of a way that the surgury can be done for her due to some legal law however instead of telling her he says "Worrying about your financial needs isn't my job sorry," and walks out.

Now of course this is a dramaticization that would never happen. The point I'm trying to make is that a good doctor is one that worries about his patient not as a slab of meat but a human being. And as such they'll be concerned with other needs other then their physical ones. Should they be denied the right to offer comfort? No. Should they respect the wishes of their patients if they say "No thank you I'd rather not hear that" of course.

Just my two cents >.>

Well said, I agree completely.