How does one cling on to such ridiculous assumptions? I've come to accept that our society is ugly and toxic and a cesspit of nastiness, but shouldn't we, as medical students, or one day, doctors, draw a line somewhere?
Who are you to judge a patient's social history? Who are you to make assumptions on how a patient acquired a certain disease, before you even speak to them?
You would judge someone based on the way they look?
You think you're so smart, walking around all high and mighty, assuming everyone else is beneath you - socially and intellectually.
Look at that patient. He/she is here because of a CVD. Obviously he/she ate her way to this disease. It serves him/her right, right? Who cares if it might have been an inheritable condition? No one bothers to learn if his/her societal background might have played a role in the development of this disease. Maybe he/she is already doing his/her best.
Or here's another scenario. You've been told you're meeting a HIV+ve patient. Your first assumptions are that he/she is a drug addict or has multiple sexual partners. Obviously. Good job there. What about the possibility of him/her inheriting it from his/her mom? Or what if their partner cheated on them and gave them HIV? Or what if it was a fuck up at the hospital by an incompetent nurse/doctor/medical student just like you?
We are an ignorant society who rants and raves on the world stage.
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Who are you to judge a patient's social history? Who are you to make assumptions on how a patient acquired a certain disease, before you even speak to them?
You would judge someone based on the way they look?
You think you're so smart, walking around all high and mighty, assuming everyone else is beneath you - socially and intellectually.
Look at that patient. He/she is here because of a CVD. Obviously he/she ate her way to this disease. It serves him/her right, right? Who cares if it might have been an inheritable condition? No one bothers to learn if his/her societal background might have played a role in the development of this disease. Maybe he/she is already doing his/her best.
Or here's another scenario. You've been told you're meeting a HIV+ve patient. Your first assumptions are that he/she is a drug addict or has multiple sexual partners. Obviously. Good job there. What about the possibility of him/her inheriting it from his/her mom? Or what if their partner cheated on them and gave them HIV? Or what if it was a fuck up at the hospital by an incompetent nurse/doctor/medical student just like you?
We are an ignorant society who rants and raves on the world stage.
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
