tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post8769647604318162324..comments2023-08-20T06:58:37.168-05:00Comments on Trail Blazing After 40: Screw the patient or why I think the medical profession hates womenDaktarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08291715601733518982noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-2147480474784888062010-12-11T11:18:06.835-06:002010-12-11T11:18:06.835-06:00No, Joeyjojo, I do NOT have to respect the so-call...No, Joeyjojo, I do NOT have to respect the so-called "rights" of someone who is undermining my ability to get necessary medical treatment under the law. If it is legal and it is appropriate in my circumstances, the medical profession in my community had damn well be ready to offer it to me. And I sure as shit don't want some so-called medical "professional" making Daktarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08291715601733518982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-30520534721995751242010-12-11T06:13:42.788-06:002010-12-11T06:13:42.788-06:00Personal choice goes both way. Doctors have rights...Personal choice goes both way. Doctors have rights to set limits to their services just like the rest of us. Who can try to claim discrimination in cases of who has 'earned' the morning after pill or who gets to get sperm. but in cases of abortion, cosmetic surgery, elective surgery, euthanasia it's not the clientele that the doctors is refusing to service it's the *action*. it&#joeyjojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-73012185091966512492008-08-20T15:56:00.000-05:002008-08-20T15:56:00.000-05:00Great post! This behavior in the medical communit...Great post! <br><br>This behavior in the medical community also carries over to the birthing process. A perfect example: all is going well in a pregnancy, woman is a couple weeks from her due date when all of a sudden her OB starts talking C-section because her baby might be "too big". MIGHT BE. No mention of the inaccuracy of ultrasounds for predicting size late in pregnancy. Also no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-72888240253936465812008-08-20T21:33:00.000-05:002008-08-20T21:33:00.000-05:00Only had a moment to scan your post, but I think y...Only had a moment to scan your post, but I think you may be interested in a book called "The Mind Has No Sex?" It's a partial history of women in science (from a Euro perspective, at least), showing how institutions provided certain spaces for women to formally and informally contribute to science for years (interesting point: math at one point was thought to be more "natural" for women, since Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943409353450564818.post-18508934074787099792008-08-22T15:22:00.000-05:002008-08-22T15:22:00.000-05:00Bush hates women too. Yesterday (21 Aug) he releas...Bush hates women too. Yesterday (21 Aug) he released a proposed rule change that strengthens legal protections for health care providers who deny legal medical procedures based on moral or religious grounds. It not only justifies and protects docs who limit access to procedures such as abortion and contraception, but also opens up funding for religious-based pregnancy crisis centers like the oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com