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...strongly believe that a physician has a moral obligation to learn about all aspects of a patient??€™s identity (socioeconomic status, occupation, culture, race, ethnicity, language, immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity and religion) as they may or may not relate to her/his health habits, beliefs or practices. However, an understanding and subsequent consideration of these circumstances in the context of ensuring optimal patient care is where, I believe, such an obligation ends...
...atheist and future medical professional, I plan to dutifully care for all my patients equally, the religious and the secular. I will be a present and fervent listener at the time of a grim diagnosis, attempting to understand my patient??€™s fears/desires and offering guidance for the future. And, yes, I will even pray with a patient should...
...culture of the medical school is secular, with relatively little discussion of faith in social medicine and patient-doctor courses. From my experience, acknowledging a patient??€™s or a caregiver’s faith in actual hospital care almost never happens...
...days later, national media outlets report that, based on tests done on the cheek cells left on the candidate’s utensil, he carries the gene that causes Huntington’s Disease, a fast-acting, highly degenerative neurological disorder that first appears in the patient??€™s middle-aged years. Doctors say chances are high that the diseases’ onset will come within the next five years. Under heavy pressure, he withdraws from the race, since there’s a good chance that he’d be unable to complete a term as president...
Bone marrow transplants, however, require a bone marrow match, which can be extremely difficult to find. Patients and donors must have the same human leukocyte antigens (HLAs); otherwise, the patient??€™s body may reject the donated marrow. While in 25 to 30 percent of cases, the patient will have a family member whose marrow is compatible, in 70 to 75 percent of the cases—thousands of patients annually—the patient will need marrow from a stranger. Sam Cross, for example, is of half-Asian, half-Eastern European heritage; his singular heritage makes finding...