Some Anti-Reform Doctors Using Scare Tactics On Patients
This is so unethical! Since when are doctors allowed to make a political statement when giving care???
Kelley McCahill took her 70-year-old mother to see a plastic surgeon about having a cancerous growth removed from her nose last Thursday.
"If not the first sentence, the second sentence out of his mouth was, 'We can still get this done because Obamacare's not in place,'" McCahill told the Huffington Post. She said that the doctor, in a casual and jovial manner, repeatedly bashed President Obama's health care reform agenda during the 15-minute consultation.
"I'm sitting between my mom and the doctor. I look down. I was literally just wanting to melt," said McCahill, 40, who works as a drug counselor in Chattanooga, Tenn. and describes herself as liberal. She bit her tongue. "This is my mom's doctor and I don't want to offend him because her care is in his hands.
I probably would have had a hard time keeping quiet if I had been in this woman's position. The doctor is entitled to his views, but he should be more responsible when talking with his elderly patients. It's just not right to frighten a 70 year old lady about health care reform.
I can understand that doctors are upset over the health care reform, but it is so unprofessional to express their opinion to their patients. This is really crossing the line, it seems like he was trying to scare the woman into having his opinion. It is not ok to worry an elderly woman like that.
Some Anti-Reform Doctors Using Scare Tactics On Patients
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