Can doctors refuse to treat patients based on their political beliefs?
Shared by Andrew
Sure… and we can refuse to issue licenses to practice medicine based on legal beliefs.
Incensed by the recent passage of health care reform, Florida physician Jack Cassell taped a sign to his office door advising Obama supporters to “seek urologic care elsewhere.” Cassell does not plan to quiz would-be patients on their views, but many bioethicists believe he crossed the line of professional conduct. His actions raise the question: Can doctors refuse to treat patients based on their political ideology?
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Florida – Health care – Politics – United States – Barack Obama
