Re: Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination
A wonderful physician refuses to give up everything.
Even with a patient >90, metastatic CA, comatose, ventilated, vasoactive drips and all will not get a discussion about code status or comfort care from him. When aske he says, "I witnessed a miracke and don't want to be the one to blame if there could be one for this patient."
RNs call the ethics committee and a family conference.
When asked this MD politely signs off the case. He often recommends a colleague.
If I can survive with some quality of life and need his specialty I will be relieved if he is my doctor.
If I'm terminal I want the ethics committee.
But then I have my advance directive and family conversation. He will sign off terminal patients cases when they have this.
I think when a pharmacist refuses to fill legal prescriptions it is that persons responsibility to only work where other alternatives are available for those patients.
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