Women Doctors: Would You Have One at Your Hospital Bedside???

No problem

Rob

 

Who cares? I want the best possible surgeon operating on me.

 

I rarely see my MD. Usually I see the PA, Cheryl. In fact, I'd rather see her. It's not just anyone that I'd let stick a needle in the palm of my hand!

 

Woman doctor here too. She's great.

 

I wonder if such men would "witness" about their bigotr, —er, "biblical convictions"— about "gender roles" to their surgeon before or after the surgery?:laugh:

 

I have a wonderful female PA also. She's like a daughter to me.

 

My first response to the OP was, "What a stupid question!" Of course I would let a woman MD treat me for something serious. Then I remembered landing in a really bad storm at the Kansas City Airport with a woman in the cockpit. She brought the plane down without incident, other that the bumps and dips of the weather, but I do recall wishing the pilot was a man. So, I would like to think I have no gender bias but that is probably not true.

 

This TB agrees with that TB.

 

I'm not a fan of such extreme hypotheticals, because they're not meant to get a sincere answer.

So, keeping things to real life situations, no, I would not have a woman doctor. While I'm sure that she would be professional and everything would be strictly clinical, I don't think that it would be either wise or prudent. I'm a sinner. I know myself. Why put myself into a situation where I could be tempted to sin? She's a sinner. Why put her into a situation where she might be tempted to sin.

What's more, I've got a terrific wife at home. I just don't feel that it would be respectful to her

Just so you know, I've had a little experience with this in real life. Some of you know that I was in a very serious auto accident a couple of years ago and as a result of the settlement, I can get massages pretty much any time I want.

I went for one one day and my regular masseuse wasn't there and there was a young girl. I explained things to her, apologized and told her that I hoped she understood, and she did.

Yes, I know you're all going to call me a pharisee, but that's just the standard I hold myself to because I feel that's the standard God would hold me to.

 

The consensus here is the right answer. But I will add some fuel to this fire and ask an additional question. Polls indicate few men have any issues with having a woman doctor; but they also indicate there is still a significant number of women who complain, or acutally refuse, to be treated by male nurses. Are these old polls, perhaps, or are they still true?

 

My younger daughter is a medical doctor, but I don't send patients to her of either gender. All her patients are dead!

She is a forensics pathologist!

Cheers,

Jim

 

Unless she takes after Elisha [the widow's son] or Peter [Dorcas]?

 

Very well stated. :thumbsup:

 

No, I think that's fine that you've set that standard for yourself. But I would imagine that, if it was necessary, you would be okay with a female surgeon, since there would be other people there assisting.

 

I think the differentiation should be made between a doctor and a surgeon. I totally agree with JohnDeereFan in regards to a doctor that I will be visiting in their office, especially a general practitioner. If I have some sensitive areas that I need examined, I would not feel comfortable with a female doctor examining them.

A surgeon on the other hand is one that is going to do some very specific surgery and I'll likely be knocked our for it. This is a different situation than the family doc.