Doctor withheld cancer diagnosis from trans man because he was transgender. - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Jay Kallio is a transgender man who lived through a healthcare nightmare he hopes no other trans person will ever have to face, and he shared the painful story with HuffPost Live's Nancy Redd last week. It began when Kallio found a lump on his breast just three months after a mammogram. He had a second mammogram, then a biopsy and, when weeks went by without receiving any test results, he just assumed everything was fine. That changed when he suddenly got a phone call from the doctor who performed his biopsy -- and who was not his primary physician. "She said to me, 'Hi, I was just curious how you were doing with your diagnosis.' And I said, 'What diagnosis?' She she sort of spurted, '[Your doctor] hasn't called you yet?'" Kallio remembered. The biopsy confirmed that Kallio had "very aggressive" breast cancer, and Kallio knew he needed treatment immediately, especially as the pain in his breast intensified. "The first thing [the doctor] said was, 'I have a real problem with your transgender status.' And he said, 'When I found out you were transgender, the first thing I wanted to do, my first impulse was to send you to psychiatry,'" Kallio said. "So this is what a breast surgeon wanted to do with my breast cancer, is first send me to psychiatry."[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/15/transgender-health-care_n_7587506.html[/url]

Strip this asshole of his licence then make him rot in prison for 10 or 20 years.

What the actual fuck.

That doctor is a real cunt

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I'm starting to think the Hippocratic Oath should be tattooed to the inside of every doctor's eyelids.

Strange that this all happens as people are fuming about transgender people with Caitlyn's recent transition, bitching about "HOW IS THIS BRAVE?!" and so on and so forth, without realizing the sort of society they have cultivated that ostracizes them in ways such as this.

Hmm yeah if your personal beliefs take priority over your obligations as a professional you've clearly shown that you're unfit for the job. And beyond that, since failing to doing the job properly here could mean life or death, there ought to be some severe legal ramafications.

This is definitely license loss warranting thing, if not outright lawsuit material.

Despite my Stance on Trangenderism, what this doctor did was clearly in the wrong. It doesn't matter if people think your life style is wrong, if you have a life threatening condition, you should be treated for it like anyone else.

There's a reason the Hippocratic Oath exists

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;47981716]I'm starting to think the Hippocratic Oath should be tattooed to the inside of every doctor's eyelids.[/QUOTE] Except for abortionists. [editline]blah[/editline] ...and when they perform euthanasia.

Words can not express how big of a piece of [B]SHIT[/B] that doctor is. He would literally have the poor man die just because he fucking disagrees with his lifestyle.

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;47981879]This is definitely license loss warranting thing, if not outright lawsuit material.[/QUOTE] why not both? this isn't something that should be settled in any way out of court. He refused to treat the patient because of his personal beliefs, and the medical ethics code clearly says that whatever a patient's beliefs, sex, race, etc., they deserve the same standard of care everybody gets. He allowed his personal views to contaminate his standard of care, and that's definitely a case for permanent loss of licence in my book.

[QUOTE=bIgFaTwOrM12;47981934]Except for abortionists.[/QUOTE] is this meant to take the piss out of people who support abortion or something

[QUOTE=bIgFaTwOrM12;47981934]Except for abortionists.[/QUOTE] I am wholly unsurprised that you are the one to bring this shit up in a thread that's about something completely unrelated.

I'm a little confused as to why the doctor and hospital were not named, and why the person in the story isn't pursuing a malpractice suit. The doctor knowingly withheld a diagnosis that had a deleterious effect on his patient, that's possibly even criminal. Unless he's currently exploring litigation it was never mentioned, and I can't help but be slightly skeptical of these claims.

Hippocratic oath. Was it "Do No Harm"?

Bruh

[QUOTE]'When I found out you were transgender, the first thing I wanted to do, my first impulse was to send you to psychiatry,'"[/QUOTE] This man isn't a doctor, he's mentally unstable.

Get another doctor to put on a statement that the breast cancer, if untreated, would conclusively be fatal. Collect and document of the doctor's willful and intentional refusal to notify regarding the breast cancer, despite being aware of its presence, and how it was motivated by his dissenting opinion of trangenderism. Contact the police, create a case, and press charges for premeditated attempted murder as a hate crime. And for the love of god, start treatment immediately at another hospital.

I'd sue him for all he's worth, make him live on the fucking streets. Scum.

[quote]'When I found out you were transgender, the first thing I wanted to do, my first impulse was to send you to psychiatry,'"[/quote] And when I found out you actually said that, the first thing I wanted to do was to call you a colossal asshole who deserves to lose his job. Your point?

This happened years ago, and they already had surgery to fix it apparently: [url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/transgender-bias-now-banned-federal-law/story?id=16949817[/url] [url]http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/projects/breast-cancer-stories/stories/717[/url] Dunno what happened to the doctor, there was no update on that beyond them halfheartedly apologizing.

[QUOTE=deadoon;47982585]This happened years ago, and they already had surgery to fix it apparently: [url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/transgender-bias-now-banned-federal-law/story?id=16949817[/url] [url]http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/projects/breast-cancer-stories/stories/717[/url] Dunno what happened to the doctor, there was no update on that beyond them halfheartedly apologizing.[/QUOTE]Does the US (or individual states) have an equivalent of the [url=http://www.mpts-uk.org/]MPTS?[/url] That site makes for fascinating reading. As an example: [quote] Dr Khalid SHAHZAD From : 01 June 2015 To : 09 June 2015 Category : Fitness to Practise Hearings Info : Planned dates: 1-9 June 2015 St James’s Buildings, 79 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FQ The Fitness to Practise Panel will meet at St James’s Buildings, 79 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FQ to consider a case of impairment by reason of misconduct. Name: Dr Khalid SHAHZAD GMC Reference Number: 6099475 Area of practice: Belfast The panel will inquire into the allegation that between December 2010 and January 2011 Dr Shahzad undertook physical examinations of two female patients without offering them chaperones. It is further alleged that he gave both patients his person mobile phone number and asked the second patient to telephone him and to meet him in his car. It is alleged that Dr Shahzad’s conduct was sexually motivated. [/quote]

[QUOTE=deadoon;47982585]This happened years ago, and they already had surgery to fix it apparently: [url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/transgender-bias-now-banned-federal-law/story?id=16949817[/url] [url]http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/projects/breast-cancer-stories/stories/717[/url] Dunno what happened to the doctor, there was no update on that beyond them halfheartedly apologizing.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] In one of the most egregious cases, a transgender woman who was in a car accident in 1995 and was left unconscious on a Washington, D.C., street, died because hostile firefighters delayed lifesaving measures. The 24-year-old hairdresser, Tyra Hunter, was born male, but had lived as a woman since she was 14. "As they removed her clothing, they found the anatomy wasn't what they were expecting and they ceased to provide care," said NCTE spokesman Vincent Paolo Villano. In 1998, a jury awarded Hunter's mother $2.9 million in damages, determining that the fire department staff had violated the 1977 Human Rights Law.[/quote] fuck [B][I]literally everything[/I][/B] about this [editline]16th June 2015[/editline] how can a person be [B]so bigoted[/B] to the point that they would willingly let someone die, either directly or through failing to diagnose them? its just disgusting beyond words

[QUOTE=Timebomb575;47982643]fuck [B][I]literally everything[/I][/B] about this[/QUOTE] I read about that story a while ago, if I remember correctly the concussion she had has a 90% survival rate if treated quickly.

I want to see everyone supporting that doctor get cancer and be left in the dark about it. Would be a good riddance.

[QUOTE=bIgFaTwOrM12;47981934]Except for abortionists. [editline]blah[/editline] ...and when they perform euthanasia.[/QUOTE] One of the interpretations of the Hippocratic Oath is that as well as not doing harm, a doctor should do all within their power to prevent harm coming to their patients in the first place. For both abortions and euthanasia one could argue that the act prevents further harm (either in the form of emotional distress or genuine damage) to the patient. [editline]16th June 2015[/editline] I guess the real question is, is ending somebody's life because they live in unbearable torture every day truly harmful? Is it 'harm' to prevent the life of a foetus which, if allowed to live as a child, would most likely be subjected to misery? The Oath does not explicitly state 'do no harm', but doctors still learn very early on that helping or avoiding more harm to the patient is their top priority.

I can never understand why anyone would discriminate against someone for their lifestyle when it harms absolutely no-one.