Is it right to mix religion and healthcare?
Is it right to mix religion and healthcare?
Doctors are demanding that NHS staff be given a right to discuss spiritual issues with patients. Is it right to mix religion and healthcare?
Doctors will tell the British Medical Association conference this week that staff should not be disciplined as long as they handle the issue sensitively. The doctors who are behind the motion are unhappy about the guidance that has been issued.
Last year community nurse Caroline Petrie was suspended by North Somerset NHS Trust after offering to pray for a patient, although the 45-year-old was later allowed to return to work.
Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said it is wrong to mix religion and health care. "The risk is that it makes patients feel uncomfortable."
Do you work for the NHS or have you used its chaplaincy service? Does religion have a role to play in healthcare or should the two be kept completely separate? Should NHS staff be disciplined if they sensitively offer to pray for patients?
Doctors are demanding that NHS staff be given a right to discuss spiritual issues with patients. Is it right to mix religion and healthcare?
Doctors will tell the British Medical Association conference this week that staff should not be disciplined as long as they handle the issue sensitively. The doctors who are behind the motion are unhappy about the guidance that has been issued.
Last year community nurse Caroline Petrie was suspended by North Somerset NHS Trust after offering to pray for a patient, although the 45-year-old was later allowed to return to work.
Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, said it is wrong to mix religion and health care. "The risk is that it makes patients feel uncomfortable."
Do you work for the NHS or have you used its chaplaincy service? Does religion have a role to play in healthcare or should the two be kept completely separate? Should NHS staff be disciplined if they sensitively offer to pray for patients?
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