I genuinely cannot believe people are arguing the NHS policy on homophobes and racists. So you’re saying if you call your doctor a paki they should still happily treat you? Looooool what on earth
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The Hippocratic Oath says nothing about being personally obligated to treat everyone who wants your help
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Lol doctors have much MORE of a right to "fire" patients in the US than the UK, that's why this is b issue in the UK at all (because in the UK all doctors are employees of the NHS) An American doctor in private practice can refuse to treat you because they just don't like you
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It's completely true, in non-emergency situations a doctor in private practice can refuse to see a patient at their own discretion The patient can only challenge this in court if they can prove it was discrimination against a protected class under the Civil Rights Act
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Lol no It is completely legal and within medical ethics to refuse to treat a patient who is "disruptive" It's right there on the discharge paperwork as one of the primary reasons to drop someone as a patient
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I also like how you've decided that the only reason a patient might ever be abusive to a doctor or nurse is "dementia or mental illness"
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Again, it was already the standard of care in the NHS for *non-emergency treatment* that if a patient is abusive or violent toward their doctor, the doctor can refuse to treat the patient The new guideline just says bigoted language is ipso facto abusive, which is true
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