Bioethicist Art Caplan, PhD, discusses a patient whose parent allegedly requested a different physician on the basis of religion, even though the patient had a good relationship with the doctor.
Hi. I'm Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
The parents are both from the Dominican Republic. They identified as White, but they appeared to be non-White next to the nurse who was doing some of the initial intake. They got reassigned to a different provider in the department who identified as African American. The issue became what to do in the face of these continued demands by the dad for a change. Some people felt that, as the father in charge of the child's care, if we could accommodate what he wanted in terms of the parents being comfortable, then that's something we should do. I absolutely did not agree.
I hope that we treat all physicians as properly trained to deal with all kinds of patients, regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or skin color. They should have the skills to manage and do well with any patient. There may be situations where it just doesn't work or where people don't get along. Yes, I think we then should try, perhaps, to shift the doctor, get a different nurse, or have a different person do an exam.
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