Re: OK, I shouldn't watch the news

Well, then we pretty much agree. I just don't feel anyone is *wrong* for
standing on their principles and accepting the consequences (being fired).

--
Kathy
www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
"Griz" <DearCounselor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3bj31kF6id4ucU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Being an IC changes the picture.... because you CAN pick and choose for
> whatever reason. If you worked for MQ and said I'm not doing XX or YY
> procedures but I'll do everything else... yes, I feel the MT is wrong.
>
> As an IC you're right, you can use any reason in the book. And yes, I
> still
> think it's ridiculous to not type something because you disagree with it.
> I
> realize it's personal choice, and I'm not debating one's right to have
> that
> choice.
>
>> ----------
>> Really? Think this through. As an IC I can quit an account because the
>> dictator is a slop-mouth, or because they don't pay me on time, or just
>> because he/she's a jerk and I don't like them. That's a fact. I'll bet
> most
>> of us have done it at least once. But, if it's because typing the fetal
>> reduction (or abortion, or whatever) is against my belief system, then
>> you
>> think that I would be wrong to drop the account?
>>
>> I had no idea that one of the perinatologists in this group did fetal
>> reduction when I took the account. Thankfully, it is a rare procedure, so
> I
>> don't have to type it often. However, it is not totally a case of it
>> being
>> against my belief system, but partly because the decision-making process
> is
>> repugnant to me, like the Chinese woman who had twins, a boy and a girl,
> and
>> of course you know which one was "reduced". (I only mention her ethnicity
>> because I feel it played a role in her choice).
>>
>> --
>> Kathy
>> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
>> "Griz" <DearCounselor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3bim6tF6jdm7tU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > yes
>> >
>> > BUT, I have to believe that you, as an IC, would not have taken the
>> > account
>> > were it offensive.
>> >
>> > My greater concern, would be the MT who says, I'll do XX but not YY
>> > because
>> > you are wrong (thus passing moral judgment in their decision-making
>> > process)
>> > for doing these procedures. To simply make the choice for yourself
>> > and
>> > then live it is one thing. To have me come to your pharmacy and you
> tell
>> > me, because your script is for BCP and I don't believe in it, I'm not
>> > filling it, is passing moral judgment, IMO.
>> >
>> > "kathycarp" <kathycarp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:W5ydnQmhObxpvcnfRVn-vQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> somthing else to think about...
>> >>
>> >> I do an account for perinatologists. I have typed some reports of
>> >> fetal
>> >> reductions. (oops, I'm pregnant with twins and I only wanted one).
>> >> This
>> >> procedure and its description could be very offensive to someone ( xx
> cc
>> > of
>> >> saline were injected, and monitoring was continued until the heart
>> >> stopped
>> >> beating.) Are you saying that an MT would be wrong to give up this
>> >> account
>> >> because of her/his beliefs?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Kathy
>> >> www.ambergriscaye.com/villadelsol
>> >> "Griz" <DearCounselor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:3bidrdF6h2qh8U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I would think the two professions vastly different so that
>> >> >comparison,
>> > for
>> >> > me, is like apples and oranges.
>> >> >
>> >> > I see the pharmacist the way I do an MT.... someone who carries out
> the
>> >> > wishes of a physician. So I guess my mind can't get wrapped around
>> >> > refusal
>> >> > of patient care??
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for making me think this morning! LOL!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Judity" <Judity01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> > news:3biasvF6j6ejgU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> ((Yes, I suppose she WOULD have the choice of going elsewhere,
> Judity.
>> >> > But
>> >> >> I
>> >> >> have to wonder....
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If we're SUPPOSEDLY granted privacy under HIPAA, wouldn't someone
>> > making
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> values-judgment call on our private medical treatment be in
>> > violation?))
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I started thinking further about this after I posted. A doctor can
>> >> >> refuse
>> >> > a
>> >> >> patient's request for an abortion, which is also a legal procedure.
> I
>> >> > would
>> >> >> think he (or she) is acting on a personal belief in cases like
>> >> >> this.
>> > Why
>> >> >> shouldn't a pharmacist have the same right to refuse to issue birth
>> >> > control
>> >> >> if it goes against his belief, in this case probably his religion?
>> >> >> Again,
>> >> >> just my opinion.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Judity
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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