Would you see a transgendered doctor?

[mickeyfan1]

Well, I must ask. How many of you "No, Absolutely NOT" people even know if your current doctor or nurse or co worker isn't already transgendered and had the surgical changes done? For me, it is an issue of how well the medical treatments are done, not what gender the practioner is.

Also keep in mind that no matter the gender, your doctor may have graduated in the bottom of his or her class and passed his exams by the merest point. But for some of you, as long as it's a man or woman, not transgendered, that fact won't matter.

 

[Free4Life11]

And by the way........since someone has chosen to throw religion into the mix, since when are we supposed to judge others?

I have no problem admitting that I judge people every day. You would look at a ghetto thug gangbanger and not judge him?

Back to the topic, no, I wouldn't be comfortable with a trangender doctor. It's hard enough discussing personal things with the doctor I see now. A transgender would just creeep me out too much.

 

[JennyMominRI]

This thread just makes me very sad..

 

[LadyBears]

Well, I must ask. How many of you "No, Absolutely NOT" people even know if your current doctor or nurse or co worker isn't already transgendered and had the surgical changes done? For me, it is an issue of how well the medical treatments are done, not what gender the practioner is.

Also keep in mind that no matter the gender, your doctor may have graduated in the bottom of his or her class and passed his exams by the merest point. But for some of you, as long as it's a man or woman, not transgendered, that fact won't matter.

Well said!!

As long as I was getting the qualtity of care that I as a patient should be receiveing, then I don't care.

In a way, I would think that after the doctor went through the surgery, the care would be better as he/she would have "less" on his/her mind leaving "more time" to concentrate on some one else. Kind of like a boost of self confidence. I hope I phrased that right.

 

[liamsaunt]

As long as the doctor is someone you trust and gives you good care, what difference does it make? It is so hard to find a doctor that you can develop a good and trusting relationship with. I would not give that up because the doctor went through a process that has absolutely nothing to do with me personally. The doctor's mind and intelligence would be the same--this change would not affect the quality of the care I would be receiving from them.

 

[disykat]

It cracks me up all the holier than thou people who claim they don't make judgements on here. As someone else pointed out - this entire thread is about making judgements and every single person here has made one.

I would probably not be comfortable seeing that doctor. That's not in any way saying they don't have the right to practice medicine. It's me - having a right to choose.

I can choose not to go to a doctor who looks funny, who talks funny, who creeps me out, is too handsome, is male, is female, talks down to me, who has a tatoo, who wears a cross, any number of reasons. I haven't really changed doctors, but I have changed dentists - not because they were a bad dentist, just because I didn't like them or someone in their office. They did their job, I just wasn't comfortable.

Feeling comfortable with your physician is important, and IMO if you don't feel comfortable you should switch with no apologies.

 

[jennobrn01]

If I believed I received the best care from that physician... absolutely!

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

And by the way........since someone has chosen to throw religion into the mix, since when are we supposed to judge others?

Not a judgment. It just is what it is

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

Maybe (just maybe) God's challenge to this doctor was to put a female soul in a male body (for whatever reason, ours is to not fathom the 'why,' ours is to trust) and for this person to go through a transformative process that very, very few people will ever see the depth of.

Bottom line here is I'm just not buying that. "Female soul in a male body" is nonsense

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

So, if someone was born infertile, they shouldn't go through IF treatments? If a baby is born with a bad heart/liver/whatever, the parents should just deal with it, since that it what God gave them, and he doesn't make mistakes?

Hmm..I don't understand that logic. I wouldn't have a problem.

What in the world does this have to do with changing gender? Medical treatment is a far cry from gender reassignment

 

[mickeyfan1]

What is nonsense to you is science to others.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

It cracks me up all the holier than thou people who claim they don't make judgements on here. As someone else pointed out - this entire thread is about making judgements and every single person here has made one.

I would probably not be comfortable seeing that doctor. That's not in any way saying they don't have the right to practice medicine. It's me - having a right to choose.

I can choose not to go to a doctor who looks funny, who talks funny, who creeps me out, is too handsome, is male, is female, talks down to me, who has a tatoo, who wears a cross, any number of reasons. I haven't really changed doctors, but I have changed dentists - not because they were a bad dentist, just because I didn't like them or someone in their office. They did their job, I just wasn't comfortable.

Feeling comfortable with your physician is important, and IMO if you don't feel comfortable you should switch with no apologies.

I'm really glad this was posted... Why the $%#%#^%# does it make me an evil person if I chose not to go to such a doctor? If it makes anyone feel better, I would not go to a doctor who had a snake tattooed on her face, wore his nipple rinsg where I could see them, chewed her fingernails, or habitually scratched his nether-regions.

Honestly, the sanctimony on here is ridiculous sometimes!

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

What is nonsense to you is science to others.

Science is studying souls now?

 

[mickeyfan1]

Science studies everything.

 

[BelleMcNally]

I believe that just because doctors CAN do some things, it doesn't necessarily mean they SHOULD.

There are ethical arguments to be made for a number of medical treatments, and since you brought it up, fertility treatments are a good example of such medical treatments. A simple procedure to help an infertile couple is one thing; a fertility treatment that results in 5 or 6 babies is another.

I believe that there are some things that God (or Nature, if you prefer) intend as absolute. One's gender definitely fits into that category IMO. This is the main reason I would not be comfortable with being medically treated by such a person--I'd prefer not to leave my medical care in the hands of someone who thinks it's O.K. for doctors to play God. And "choosing" a person's gender is one of those things only God (or Nature) should do.

Moreover, I don't see any comparison between attempting to change the most major component of your entire existance to a cosmetic procedure like breast implants or a nose job.

You can't have it both ways!! I mean, how do you get to decide which procedures are okay? if a baby is born with congenital heart failure--I mean..that some pretty major and invasive surgery you're looking at right there. And, for what it's worth, I don't consider my ****** the most major component of my entire existence. Do you?

 

[BelleMcNally]

Honestly, the sanctimony on here is ridiculous sometimes!

Couldn't agree more.

 

[TeresaNJ]

Okay, I have to step in here. If you don't want to go to this physician because of personal or religious beliefs pertaining to sex-change or whatever, that is understandable. To say you wouldn't go because you think the physician is confused makes no sense. You should be going to a physican who has your best health-care interests at heart, whom you've been happy with, whom you maybe got great referrals for, etc. Because trans-gender is so OUT there, right in front of your face, "you" don't want to go to this physician anymore, even though this person may be the best physician on the face of this earth. Yet, you'll go to the physician who has the "right" look, never talks about his personal life, someone you know nothing about personally, but could be a wife beater, child molester, heavy gambler, alcoholic, drug addict, whatever, but because you can't SEE it, somehow that physician is OKAY to go to????? How do you know the physician you go to now isn't confused about something? Just because you can't see it? Please, judge physicians on their competency, because there are ALOT of incompetent ones out there who have great bedside manners, look perfect, have perfect families, but are idiots and suck at practicing medicine.

 

[Free4Life11]

Yet, you'll go to the physician who has the "right" look, never talks about his personal life, someone you know nothing about personally, but could be a wife beater, child molester, heavy gambler, alcoholic, drug addict, whatever, but because you can't SEE it, somehow that physician is OKAY to go to?????

WTH?? Where did anyone say they would go to a physician like this?? I don't think anyone on this board would continue going to a doctor who was a wife beater, alcoholic, molester, etc. if they knew about it.

 

[OceanAnnie]

It cracks me up all the holier than thou people who claim they don't make judgements on here. As someone else pointed out - this entire thread is about making judgements and every single person here has made one.

I would probably not be comfortable seeing that doctor. That's not in any way saying they don't have the right to practice medicine. It's me - having a right to choose.

I can choose not to go to a doctor who looks funny, who talks funny, who creeps me out, is too handsome, is male, is female, talks down to me, who has a tatoo, who wears a cross, any number of reasons. I haven't really changed doctors, but I have changed dentists - not because they were a bad dentist, just because I didn't like them or someone in their office. They did their job, I just wasn't comfortable.

Feeling comfortable with your physician is important, and IMO if you don't feel comfortable you should switch with no apologies.

Well stated! ITA!

 

[TeresaNJ]

WTH?? Where did anyone say they would go to a physician like this?? I don't think anyone on this board would continue going to a doctor who was a wife beater, alcoholic, molester, etc. if they knew about it.

You missed my point. You, not meaning you personally, equate transgender with confusion. My point is that "you" may be going to a physician who is a wife beater, child molester, etc., but don't know it, can't see it. What I am saying is that physician choice should be based on competency, and a comfortable interaction between the physician and the patient, because you can't always SEE what may be going on in a physician's personal life, like you can when one is going through a sex-change. "You" can't assume a physician whose personal life you can't SEE, isn't confused, just like one shouldn't assume a trans-gendered physician is confused. Base your judgment on their "competency" and if you feel you have a good doctor/patient relationship.