This is abhorent, but heat me out: part of me kinda likes this. I’d rather know immediately if a doctor doesn’t want to treat me so that I can find one that does want to.
Can you imagine having darker skin color and being assigned to be treated by a doctor who cosplays KKK in his free time? I can’t imagine he’ll do the right thing, at worst he might outright try to make it worse or kill you. This at least gives you too the knowledge that your doctor will actually want to help you
Having said that, fuck Tennessee and fuck the united states of America
“I’d rather know immediately if a doctor doesn’t want to treat me so that I can find one that does want to”
Kind of hard to do if you’re in the ER with say an ectopic pregnancy in Buttfuck, TN and there’s one doctor on staff and if you’re not treated immediately you die.
Well then you’re with an ectopic pregnancy in buttfuck TN and they dont have a doctor in staff, apparently. Maybe that hospital should see that, and then just go and hire an actual doctor
get the good people out of america then nuke the fucking place. This is unthinkable. Hippocratic oath, anyone?
In america doctors don’t take the Hippocratic oath anymore.. Doctors of medicine still take a modified version, but “Doctors of Osteopathy” take their own special oath where they have this wonderful little section which does a LOT of heavy lifting:
…to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s laws and the body’s inherent capacity for recovery.
I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession…
And, as I’m sure you can imagine, this leaves open to the interpretation of the reader what constitutes “natural law”, “good judgment”, the “general welfare of the community”, or “practices which will bring shame or discredit”.
Also, those Osteopaths, who are not even considered doctors in many international jurisdictions, still swear to hold to the principles of Osteopathy, a pseudoscientific quackery which says that anything your body needs to heal can be produced by your body. I’m sure you can guess how that relates to vaccines.
In other words, they’ll let lgbtq+ people, people of color, and women die…
“Only the ones who deserve it.” - Tennessee Republicans
