Re: Should all patients be asked about their sexual orientation? Reply to Mr M T Wilkinson's response (21 Jan)
"By asking all patients about their sexual orientation, we offer an opportunity for LGB patents to share an important aspect of their identity with us that they may not have felt abke previously"..
Where it is relevant, the competent doctor is able to ask the relevant question or questions.
And, pray, what exactly do you mean by this phrase? Kindly elucidate.
" ONS research....such as ethnicity".
And could you please define ethnicity?
(Sadly Sir Julian Huxley popularised the use of this word).
" .........patients with different sexualities are treated differently....."
Of course. The treatment will, or should, depend on the aetiology of the condition or conditions we are seeking to treat, bearing in mind that we have in front of us, a specimen of Homo sapiens of numerous genes, numerous exoeriences, numerous thoughts, all interplaying. And what we say or do to the patient, will enter the patient's thought processes, his personality,
" ........we desperately need data to assess the extent of homophobia and discrimination within the NHS."
This is not a patient oriented approach. This is a computer print-out approach.
Please stop wasting money on data collection.
Please get on with looking after the patient in front of you.
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Re: Should all patients be asked about their sexual orientation? Reply to Mr M T Wilkinson's response (21 Jan)
"By asking all patients about their sexual orientation, we offer an opportunity for LGB patents to share an important aspect of their identity with us that they may not have felt abke previously"..
Where it is relevant, the competent doctor is able to ask the relevant question or questions.
And, pray, what exactly do you mean by this phrase? Kindly elucidate.
" ONS research....such as ethnicity".
And could you please define ethnicity?
(Sadly Sir Julian Huxley popularised the use of this word).
" .........patients with different sexualities are treated differently....."
Of course. The treatment will, or should, depend on the aetiology of the condition or conditions we are seeking to treat, bearing in mind that we have in front of us, a specimen of Homo sapiens of numerous genes, numerous exoeriences, numerous thoughts, all interplaying. And what we say or do to the patient, will enter the patient's thought processes, his personality,
" ........we desperately need data to assess the extent of homophobia and discrimination within the NHS."
This is not a patient oriented approach. This is a computer print-out approach.
Please stop wasting money on data collection.
Please get on with looking after the patient in front of you.
Competing interests: No competing interests