Reply #289: alcoholism is a mental illness, an addiction

[pitohui]

nobody chooses to be an alcoholic, i have seen too many people fight this illness & i've seen almost NO ONE beat it

i don't think the alcoholic expects a new liver if he can't beat the addiction, as most cannot, but he certainly expects to have a doctor

does this doctor also refuse to see patients who insist on remaining clinically depressed or who have other mental diseases that don't always respond to medication?

this policy is heartless, absolutely heartless

as for the child of the stupid-ass parents who refuse to vax the child, is it the child's fault that she was born to stupid-ass parents? she doesn't deserve a good doctor because her PARENTS are stupid-ass? she can only go to some kook doctor because a good, real doctor won't see a child who hasn't been vaccinated?

sorry, this is just fucked up beyond belief, forgive my french

i'm sure it makes the doctor's statistics look better if he refuses to treat difficult patients, but i sure don't respect the doctor who will only pick the low-hanging fruit

people in trouble, people who are genuinely ill, are the ones MOST in need of good, talented doctors

let's be honest...the REAL reason for this policy is some kind of "cover my ass" crap, a doctor can prob. get his malpractice rates down quite a bit if he only takes the "easy" patients