Christian Medical Services - suck

[donsu]

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/smith/158


Shirley Smith: Are We Becoming a 'Sick' Society?

Tell me that this is not the result of the Bush GOP Right Wing being given so much power. When I hear stories like this one, "Christianity" asserted by such a doctor is a stolen identity, and he should be prosecuted.

Tasha Childress, 24, said she took her daughter to Christian Medical Services with an ear infection last month but was turned away because she and husband Robert Childress, 26, have tattoos behind their ears.

Dr. Gary Alexander Merrill said the mother was told about the office's tattoo policy when she made the appointment.

"Our policies all reflect consideration for conservative clientele in a traditional atmosphere," he said.

Tasha Childress said she hopes Merrill changes his policy and has asked the Medical Board of California to investigate.

"I have never heard of any doctor mixing their religion with their practice," she said. "It's legal, but it shouldn't be." (snip) A doctor can deny treatment in nonemergency situations, though most physicians will refer a patient to another provider, said Dr. Jeff Freesemann, president of the Kern County Medical Society.

"If you go to some restaurant and it says jacket and tie, is that being prejudiced?" Freesemann asked. "They had a choice and knew what their parameters were." (my bold)

And, since when is a restaurant compared to treating the sick. A doctor would not treat a sick child because the child's parents had tattoos. Now, is this not becoming, under Bush GOP rule, a "sick society." You betcha!

Tattooed mom says doctor discriminated by not treating daughter

I wonder how long it will take Americans to understand that the way this Bush GOP treated the people in New Orleans and, Afghanistan, and Iraq ... we are all the same to them. Disposable.
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how christian of them

Christian Medical Services are frauds

[BOSSHOG]

1. I wonder where in the hypocratic oath one finds

the tatoo policy. The doctor should have done the christian thing and killed the child.

Traditional conservative atmosphere. Porn star sex, lying to your parents, hating homosexuals, picking and choosing in the bible in the lounge, ensuring YOUR constitutional liberties are safeguarded.

[donsu]

2. kicking back to 1st pg. cause CMS sucks

and a child with an ear ache should be treated immediately

ear aches are hell

[Cerridwen]

3. A litmus test for health care.

Anyone else remember when hospitals and physicians openly began the segue into business rather than "administering health"?

The way it stands now, business reasons justify ignoring the "Hippocratic Oath." Hey, it's just business; nothing personal. I gotta watch that bottom-line. Hey, no shoes, no shirt, no service, ya know?

[Solo_in_MD]

4. Dupe, but I can't find the prior thread...this is about a week old news