The patients sexual orientation does in fact have no influence on their health. The only groups out of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum where you have some “right to deny” healthcare may be trans and intersex people due to them having special conditions and you might not have the knowledge to treat them accordingly. For the rest you are just batshit stupid if you care that much about what people do in their private time.
that doesn’t mean you refuse to treat us though, it just means your treatment might take the form of giving a referral to a specialist. you don’t refuse to treat a patient with glasses just cause you aren’t an optometrist.
Yeah, I’m going to echo the other comment - I don’t think doctors should ever be able to deny trans people healthcare. If it’s something out of their expertise, a referral might make sense. But right now there’s a lot of movement towards denying us healthcare, and I don’t think we should be giving that side any more excuses for their bigotry.
I partly disagree with your reasoning but I agree 100% with your conclusion…
I think that statistically heterosexual women have some significantly different healthcare needs than lesbian women and gay men and straight men also have some statistical differences, but as a healthcare professional you have no right whatsoever to refuse to treat based on those differences.
(I wouldn’t count referral to a specialist as a refusal to treat.)
The patients sexual orientation does in fact have no influence on their health. The only groups out of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum where you have some “right to deny” healthcare may be trans and intersex people due to them having special conditions and you might not have the knowledge to treat them accordingly. For the rest you are just batshit stupid if you care that much about what people do in their private time.
that doesn’t mean you refuse to treat us though, it just means your treatment might take the form of giving a referral to a specialist. you don’t refuse to treat a patient with glasses just cause you aren’t an optometrist.
Yeah, that’s why I put it in “” to make sure its not really denying it.
Yeah, I’m going to echo the other comment - I don’t think doctors should ever be able to deny trans people healthcare. If it’s something out of their expertise, a referral might make sense. But right now there’s a lot of movement towards denying us healthcare, and I don’t think we should be giving that side any more excuses for their bigotry.
I partly disagree with your reasoning but I agree 100% with your conclusion…
I think that statistically heterosexual women have some significantly different healthcare needs than lesbian women and gay men and straight men also have some statistical differences, but as a healthcare professional you have no right whatsoever to refuse to treat based on those differences.
(I wouldn’t count referral to a specialist as a refusal to treat.)