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In the discussion thread: "Against God's Will": Gay Man Sues NJ Hospital For Being Denied HIV Meds [View all]

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 10:50 PM

Initech (38,937 posts)

21. Excellent question.

If I were the applicant interviewer for medical school - the question of denying patients based on religious beliefs would be first on my list - you could weed out a lot of these heartless douchebags that way.

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120 replies	Author	Time	Post
"Against God's Will": Gay Man Sues NJ Hospital For Being Denied HIV Meds [View all]	WillParkinson	Jun 2012	OP
People who don't want to give out medicine shouldn't be doctors.	Puregonzo1188	Jun 2012	#1
One possible reason	bongbong	Jun 2012	#7
Excellent question.	Initech	Jun 2012	#21
Becasue Dr. Josef Mengele	dinopipie	Jun 2012	#51
It has become sadly obvious to me that the so-called	Occulus	Jun 2012	#71
Or pharmacists, either	XanaDUer	Jun 2012	#61
+1000...	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#68
The fundies should be barred from practicing medicine and also from	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#2
Right. Constitution prohibits religious tests for holding public office, but -->	daaron	Jun 2012	#27
They aren't even following the Hippocratic Oath. They should have their licenses	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#33
Maybe a lawsuit against the states in which they're licensed?	daaron	Jun 2012	#56
Need to have their license to practice at any hospital yanked. And the hospital needs to be sued...	freshwest	Jun 2012	#46
The doctor graduated from a Catholic college and works in a Catholic hospital	RainDog	Jun 2012	#80
Someone later on in the thread said they suspected it's a severely homophobic	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#85
Probably an Opus Dei scumfuck - a Catholic fundie. n/t	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#101
I had this conversation recently.	LiberalAndProud	Jun 2012	#111
Fundamentalism in the U.S. refers to a cultural movement	RainDog	Jun 2012	#113
You are mistaken	cprise	Jun 2012	#114
the origin of the term stems from that era	RainDog	Jun 2012	#117
"Missing doses of HIV medication can cause the patient to become resistant to the drugs"	Ruby the Liberal	Jun 2012	#3
Be sure other christian doctors and healthcare workers	Occulus	Jun 2012	#14
Where does it state that	emilyg	Jun 2012	#26
Oh come on. Don't be so credulous. Whad'ya think? This is the U.S.A. nt	daaron	Jun 2012	#28
The hospital is apparently affiliated with the catholic church.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#88
You could paint the side of a barn with that brush.	Ruby the Liberal	Jun 2012	#31
One of the things that pacifies me when I get in that mood is to	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#39
The lead host of our HIV group here on DU is MCC.	Ruby the Liberal	Jun 2012	#42
You could paint the side of a barn with that brush.	AlbertCat	Jun 2012	#64
At this stage I'm fed up with the whole Christian religion. I'm fed up with hearing this shit! n/t	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#34
Do you really think this is a religious thing?	lunatica	Jun 2012	#55
Yep, I agree, homophobia is the root cause. n/t	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#65
I know that bigots hide behind religion	cprise	Jun 2012	#116
In that case you must believe all religious people are bigots then	lunatica	Jun 2012	#118
Enjoy that logical fallacy	cprise	Jun 2012	#119
Some people are bigoted against religion too	lunatica	Jun 2012	#120
She could be a muslim.	Quantess	Jun 2012	#52
WTF...a real hospital!?	w8liftinglady	Jun 2012	#4
And you can be absolutely certain this isn't the end of it	Occulus	Jun 2012	#9
As long as they're 'martyred' (in the figurative sense they love)... sounds good. nt	daaron	Jun 2012	#29
Your hatred for Christians	emilyg	Jun 2012	#37
What does being trained in teh Phillipines have to do with it?	obamanut2012	Jun 2012	#54
Her terrible behavior might	emilyg	Jun 2012	#76
Her name is Susan Borga, not Borgia.	thecrow	Jun 2012	#95
Spent the first eighteen years of my life in the church	Rittermeister	Jun 2012	#78
So? I'm not	emilyg	Jun 2012	#81
I am in fear of my safety and that of those I care for	Occulus	Jun 2012	#82
Keep your hate. I'm not	emilyg	Jun 2012	#83
Your religion will NEVER leave me and those like me in peace.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#89
What you do or	emilyg	Jun 2012	#90
You fail to see the problem.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#91
Of the roughly one billion humans who call themselves Christians, approximately	crayfish	Jun 2012	#105
My faith is strong.	emilyg	Jun 2012	#110
Oh, that doctor would have been written up in such a way	Warpy	Jun 2012	#12
Trinitas Regional Medical Center are Medicare scammers too	jberryhill	Jun 2012	#22
I think it's time to start yanking the licenses of doctors and	RKP5637	Jun 2012	#36
Oh, their hospital privileges will start to be revoked	Warpy	Jun 2012	#45
Exactly my question. What the hell were the nurses doing? I would raise hell.	Butterbean	Jun 2012	#60
Aww, she'll be ok...	richmwill	Jun 2012	#5
And now it has finally happened.	Occulus	Jun 2012	#6
How do u know	emilyg	Jun 2012	#35
How do u know she's Christian?	AlbertCat	Jun 2012	#66
Agree 100%.	emilyg	Jun 2012	#77
it doesn't take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows	frylock	Jun 2012	#79
Well, isn't this interesting too...	richmwill	Jun 2012	#8
Why is a psychiatrist prescribing or withholding HIV medicine?	rug	Jun 2012	#18
Because the patient in question was in the psych ward...	backscatter712	Jun 2012	#102
That makes sense. I wonder why she's not named as a defendant.	rug	Jun 2012	#103
That doctor needs her license revoked.	Marrah_G	Jun 2012	#10
First they start denying women the morning after pill for religious belief NOW HIV medication	lookingfortruth	Jun 2012	#11
Next up, denying women Tamoxifen or Arimidex because they mistakenly believe	Lars39	Jun 2012	#15
Don't...give...them...ideas...	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#24
Nah, I'm guessing psychopharmaceuticals	MountainLaurel	Jun 2012	#70
that is beyond fucked up	Kali	Jun 2012	#13
okay, wait a minute	FirstLight	Jun 2012	#16
I have no words. Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Jun 2012	#17
someones going to lose her medical license. nt	Javaman	Jun 2012	#19
And I hope she and the hospital get sued out of business. nt	bupkus	Jun 2012	#20
What is this? Torquemada Memorial Hospital?	Ken Burch	Jun 2012	#23
How did this witch even become a doctor?	HooptieWagon	Jun 2012	#25
They're infiltrating. On purpose. For real. nt	daaron	Jun 2012	#30
the on-staff doctor should go to prison.	frogmarch	Jun 2012	#32
Isn't withholding treatment or aid to the sick against their God's will too? n/t	jtuck004	Jun 2012	#38
Religion strikes again!	AJTheMan	Jun 2012	#40
The Onion?	complain jane	Jun 2012	#41
What an evil POS.	Solly Mack	Jun 2012	#43
God made the medicine and put it in the hospital. Satan denied it to Joao Simoes	WriteWrong	Jun 2012	#44
no, a pharmaceutical company made the medicine...	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2012	#108
Dr. Susan V. Borja. Note her name. Publicize it. Shun her.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#47
Why study medicine if god's will is so critical?	RedCappedBandit	Jun 2012	#48
I think the actions may be associated with religion but ...	intaglio	Jun 2012	#49
this is the only other source I could find for this story	cali	Jun 2012	#50
Yank her license	SemperEadem	Jun 2012	#53
Wtf?	PotatoChip	Jun 2012	#57
This is the hideous end to where all the conscience clause legislation leads.	salin	Jun 2012	#58
she should be banned from the medical field for life.	spanone	Jun 2012	#59
Holy shit.	BlueIris	Jun 2012	#62
psychopath	fascisthunter	Jun 2012	#63
How does a god-fearing person presume to know god's will?	ArcticFox	Jun 2012	#67
She should be barred from working in the health care profession altogether.	Zorra	Jun 2012	#69
Clear cut malpractice, and a quick journey to license revocation I hope,	on point	Jun 2012	#72
Sounds to me like the doctor's attempting to kill the patient. (nt)	Posteritatis	Jun 2012	#73
Are the doctors doing rounds at hospitals normally psychaitrists, or is that uncommon?	hughee99	Jun 2012	#74
turn it into a parking lot	dembotoz	Jun 2012	#75
The doctor should go to jail. Simple as that. nt	Lucky Luciano	Jun 2012	#84
The doctor isn't named as a defendant in the lawsuit	tammywammy	Jun 2012	#86
The fundies should be prevented from becoming doctors.......	Swede Atlanta	Jun 2012	#87
what ever this MD's religion is it really doesn't matter what does matter is	azurnoir	Jun 2012	#92
Yank the Dr.s license	Katashi_itto	Jun 2012	#93
This is the most horrifying thing I've read all day. n/t	fruitsmoothie45	Jun 2012	#94
There needs to be a legal obligation to not only	dmr	Jun 2012	#96
K&R	DeSwiss	Jun 2012	#97
Your papers, please.	blkmusclmachine	Jun 2012	#98
Dr. Borja should lose her license.	McCamy Taylor	Jun 2012	#99
This is absolutely insane	Trunk Monkey	Jun 2012	#100
Here's what I don't get: How can anything fail to comply with the "will" of an omnipotent,	crayfish	Jun 2012	#104
Watch out you're trying to use "reason"	intaglio	Jun 2012	#112
Any of the experts here been hospitalized with an infectious disease?	Leontius	Jun 2012	#106
Yet it's the "pro life" extremists	The Wizard	Jun 2012	#107
This is the danger of "religious liberty"....	Swede Atlanta	Jun 2012	#109
A word of caution--the allegations have not been	geek tragedy	Jun 2012	#115

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