Sollte es Ärzten erlaubt sein, MAID aus religiösen Gründen abzulehnen? Umfrage zeigt „tiefe Kluft“ unter den Kanadiern
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/should-doctors-be-allowed-to-refuse-maid-for-religious-reasons-poll-finds-deep-divide-among-canadians/
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Of course! Doctors can decide not to participate in MAID for any reason currently. They’re not compelled. Those who perform it, opt to. I don’t see why it would be different for religion.
The only real debate on this issue that I’ve seen is whether a hospital should be permitted to not allow MAID to occur on its premises for religious reasons (e.g., St. Paul’s in Vancouver), even if there are doctors on staff willing to perform it. That’s an interesting question. Not sure I know the answer.
Doctors are not legally compelled in Canada to provide MAID. Right now. No one can be compelled. The current issue if is whether religious hospitals or other care homes are allowed to block MAID, when a patient has qualified, and a doctor is willing, or if the patient needs to be moved.
I think there are real questions about patient access, but the issues around patient access and timeliness of care are extremely different in the case of MAID than in the case of abortion or contraception. If your local GP won’t perform MAID, it seems very possible to connect a patient with someone who will. If your local pharmacist won’t give you the morning-after pill, that’s a massive burden that might prevent you from accessing it at all. If your local hospital will not perform an abortion, you might die.
Unlike contraception and abortion, I suspect we can equalize patient access to MAID without compelling individual clinicians. That should be the obvious solution here.
Yes, because if not this, then what’s the line. A doctor is an independent practitioner. If you reduce their autonomy, you will need to reduce their independent status. A doctor can refuse in a non-emergent situation to perform any number of procedures.
If I want to be a doctor, and only, only do wart removal, there’s nothing stopping me. I may not get paid…..but I would be able to. Same with a risky procedure, or certain preference for medication. It’s the cost of having professional autonomy, and not making them ‚employees‘ and or agents.
Not all doctors provide MAID, it’s a choice to provide the process. When my dad used it, it wasn’t his doctor that came, it was a Dr that specialized in it. It’s like going to an oncologist when you have cancer, you don’t expect your podiatrist to do it.
Should a doctor deny a patient treatment due to the doctor’s religion?
No. But a doctor could say *they cannot perform that treatment* due to their religion AND here is a doctor that can.
We’re so hard up for medical professionals it seems foolish to have requirements like this. If we had a comfortable amount of doctors maybe this could be on the table.
Doctors, absolutely. I don’t expect every doctor to be able to perform every procedure, and I don’t need to know the reason they aren’t able/willing to perform something.
Failing to refer a patient to MAID for religious reasons, or institutions refusing to provide it, that I have more concern with. (Though when it comes to institutions refusing to provide MAID services, how to resolve that isn’t simple.) If I have a heart problem, I don’t expect my GP to solve it, but they sure as hell had better refer me to a cardiologist. Same goes for MAID.
I don’t want public servants picking and choosing their own job description, but realistically , I think enough doctors will qualify/specialize in MAID that we can make it work. however I do think doctors wimping out of something they’re expected to do should have a giant red sign on the door saying they’re letting God interfere with your medical care.
Doctors should be allowed. IF they don’t accept public money to provide health care.
Let churches run their own hospitals, entirely self funded.
Religion should have zero place in medicine – medicine is a science.
Act like a professional, either provide the service requested of you or refer the patient to a colleague who will.
Oh, this is pretty simple actually.
No.
Much like other „controversial“ treatments, providers should have a mandatory requirement to provide a referral to a provider willing to provide the approved treatment unless there is none within a reasonable distance then they should be required to provide it regardless of their personal beliefs.
Maybe this is a hot take, maybe not, I don’t know but here’s my two cents: if your religious beliefs prevent you from performing your duties as a doctor, you shouldn’t be a doctor in the first place.
If some doctors refuse to perform their duties due to religious reasons, should we restrict seats at medical schools for religious people?
In my opinion, It’s either that, or they can’t refuse.
Should the fire department refuse to combat a fire at religious site due to their religious conviction? If I have a fire captain that says that we aren’t answering fire calls at a church because of his religious conviction, should we allow it?
Doctors are essential services and if they aren’t able to do their job, they shouldn’t be in that job
Depends what you mean by „refuse maid“
I don’t think any doctor should be forced to perform a procedure that will kill the patient against the doctors wishes.
But a doctor that doesn’t believe in maid shouldn’t be an obstacle in that person actually getting it. If you need a referral then the doctor should refer you to another doctor that can do it and not just refuse it and make it impossible for you to consult someone else.
Can we force a doctor (or anyone) to kill another person? Clearly not.
Can we force a doctor to refer someone to another doctor who will? Maybe. But probably not.
But we should be able to force institutions/hospitals/clinics to have someone there to provide referrals to a doctor who will do MAID.
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What is it with CTV and their anti-MAID coverage? Canadians are overwhelmingly in favour of MAID and the stories of gratitude from families and love ones are heartwarming.
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