Calif. Drs. Rethink Position On Gay Medical Care

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/08/080205calMed.htm

The California Medical Association is reportedly reconsidering its position that doctors and medical clinics have the right to refuse treatment on moral grounds.

The CMA had submitted a brief in support of the position in a case before the California Court of Appeal in San Diego.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the medical association is considering withdrawing the brief. The paper, quoting Peter Warren, a spokesperson for the CMA, says that the Association did not realize at the time that the suit involved the denial of service to a lesbian couple.



just reaffirmed my faith in doctors--DIDN'T READ THE DAMN SUIT THEY FILED AN AMICUS--and I wonder why my doctor is such a fuck-up

[ladeuxiemevoiture]

1. Allow Dr.'s to refuse gays/lesbians, you contribute to health care crisis

Just as the notion of tattooing those with HIV/AIDS would be counterproductive, the notion of letting doctors refuse treating gays would 1) frustrate public health priorities by making it more difficult for gays/lesbians with illnesses to get diagnosed/treated; and 2) undermine respect for medicine within the gay community. Not that doctors probably care. (Can hear them now: "What are they going to do? Where are they going to go? Ha, ha, ha!")

[Maat]

2. Thanks for another good post, dwickham.

Someone was not paying attention.

There's no excuse for this stuff.