Originally Posted by Norm_uk

I would find it annoying if a nurse asked me if she could pray with me and probably bring it up with their superiors if they were pushy otherwise I would simply tell them to keep their primitive beliefs to themselves since if prayer works why doesn't god heal amputees? Suspending someone sounds a bit extreme unless they are pushy.

The fact is that staff members are not there to pray with patients, they are there to provide objective medical care and support. If people want to delude themselves with the supernatural that's there business, and has nothing to do with the staff...so I think the staff member in question deserves a verbal warning and a reminder of what a Hippocratic Oath is...and how it doesn't include invoking the supernatural in order to heal people.

N.

Originally Posted by shakh your bootie

Hmm. i guess you know your chances too aren't good when your healthcare professional suggests prayer as an option....

Originally Posted by Eva

Hah, that's probably nearer the truth of the matter SYB, may have conjured up the aroma of formaldehyde rathere prematurely for the old dear's liking.
Me thinks there's probably been an element of the professional green eyed monster: Agency versus NHS employee from the one who stuck her in....
Why though does it have to go to a Spanish Inquisition????
What's wrong with 'Oi,Florence stop with the Billy Grahams and mind yer on beeswax.End of. '
Instead, a vocational professional is suspended further reducing the level of care to those in need. Bless em()

Originally Posted by shakh your bootie

Some sour old crone lying around getting offended by her own mortality being the very embodiment of an argument for youth-in-asia.....

Originally Posted by Eva

(Tough old) Bird flew???

Originally Posted by shakh your bootie

Living on a prayer?????

Originally Posted by Eva

Ha....you win
















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Originally Posted by shiva

that is the hipocratic oath, there are modern oaths but they are NOT the hipocratic oath. graduates of several older schools of medicine still use the original oath. most now use a version of the decleration of geneva

"The Declaration of Geneva, as currently amended, reads[2]:

At the time of being admitted as a member of the medical profession:
I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity;
I will give to my teachers the respect and gratitude that is their due;
I will practise my profession with conscience and dignity;
The health of my patient will be my first consideration;
I will respect the secrets that are confided in me, even after the patient has died;
I will maintain by all the means in my power, the honour and the noble traditions of the medical profession;
My colleagues will be my sisters and brothers;
I will not permit considerations of age, disease or disability, creed, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, political affiliation, race, sexual orientation, social standing or any other factor to intervene between my duty and my patient;
I will maintain the utmost respect for human life;
I will not use my medical knowledge to violate human rights and civil liberties, even under threat;
I make these promises solemnly, freely and upon my honour. "

Originally Posted by W10

Nothing in there about not praying.

I honestly can't believe some of the responses on here.

If someone offers to pray for you, it means they are thinking about your welfare enough to hope that someone will ensure you are safe.

What on earth is offensive about that concept?

Originally Posted by Eva

Originally Posted by W10

But the person would be praying anyway no? And anyway, regardless of what you believe. You can just say no.

Why are athiests so tetchy about religion? If they don't believe, why does it bother them so much.