Reply #56: The article did say that gender preferences are ok

[Crystal Clarity]

for patient privacy reasons, but that racial preferences go too far. I agree. From the article...

{Courts have held that patients can refuse to be treated by a caregiver of the opposite sex, citing privacy issues. But the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling in Chaney's case last month, said applying that accommodation to race goes too far.

"The privacy interest that is offended when one undresses in front of a doctor or nurse of the opposite sex does not apply to race," the ruling said.}