Remember when there was a Jehovah's Witness on Scrubs who insisted that she can't go into surgery because her religious beliefs command that can't accept blood transfusions? Remember how Dr. Cox pointed out that she's basically committing suicide? Remember how he was somehow the bad guy in this situation? Remember how the problem was resolved off camera with no explanation whatsoever?
Remember when there was a Jehovah's Witness on Scrubs who insisted that she can't go into surgery because her religious...
Isaiah Phillips
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Now you do.
Christopher Cox
Nope
Josiah Gutierrez
Liar.
Logan Flores
>it's a character is absolved of making a morally ambiguous choice because outside forces make it for them episode
Looking at you end-of-season-2 Dexter.
Andrew Carter
resolved off camera with no explaination? im pretty sure its resolved right there on camera with cox saying shes gonna die... she died m8. also, doctors cant force you to have life saving surgery *at least here (UK)*.
Gabriel Parker
Looking at you nearly every tv show and movie. Hollywood cant into ethics.
> You have to choose spiderman
> No ill save everyone
Asher Morgan
>Remember how he was somehow the bad guy in this situation?
What? I remember them being made out to be fucking idiots
Colton Howard
There was some line where he said "oh, wait, I just remembered. I can cure you with this procedure." It was rushed and was dumb. The woman should have died or changed her mind about the procedure.
Eli Ward
No, he figured out how to save her life without compromising her religious beliefs, but didn't say how he was going to do it. Whole thing was resolved with a neat little bow on it.
Camden Bennett
didn't he operate on the kid and save him then the woman formed a prayer circle and thought god saved him?
Kayden Campbell
>doctors cant force you to have life saving surgery *at least here (UK)*
They do actually, but no one has ever made it to the surgery date.
Xavier Perez
Dude, Carla gave him all sorts of grief about it and shooting him shitty looks.
But then again, that's Carla's whole thing, so...
Wyatt Lopez
That was in "My New God." Cox treats some guy, says he has exhausted all medical options but the guy still isn't improving. Cox's sister leads a prayer circle and the guy gets better the next day.
Julian Cook
nevermind my brain kind of mashed two episodes together apparently
Matthew Gomez
what
Ryder Carter
That scene was cool as fuck though
Ayden Gomez
Nope, what happened is that Cox figured out an alternative treatment and did it behind Carla's back because he doesn't want her to think he's not as cynical as he makes himself out to be.
It's not so unbelievable that he just found an alternative treatment, for most medical conditions there are multiple treatments but doctors only consider the one that is lowest cost/least hassle/least amount of side effects. Of course if your patient refuses the best treatment you might have to do some research but there's nearly always an alternative. It's just that for a doctor like Cox, figuring out the other way to treat her and following through could be considered going above and beyond his job description. But he does it anyways because he cares.
Anthony Gutierrez
>still waiting to see the consultant about my dyspepsia after having a camera put down my throat
Nicholas Anderson
>could be considered going above and beyond his job description
not really
his job is to treat the patient
You can't kick a dude out of a hospital, as long as they have money, just because they don't want to do it your way the first time
Jordan Rivera
>religious person refuses treatment because "le god will heal me"
>dies
I see no problem here. I respect people's right to their beliefs, particularly if they're retarded and will soon lead to their death.
*tips fedora and returns to /r/atheism*