Should a doctor be able to turn a patient away? This has been a very debatable issue. There have been many arguments for and against the topic. I feel that the decision should be left up to the doctor. He should do what he thinks is the right thing, for instance if the doctor may not feel qualified to perform the operation or he feels that there is nothing that could been done and if the patient becomes violent and threatens the doctor and the staff. That would be grounds for him to release the patient.

A good reason that a doctor should be able to turn away a patient is if the doctor is not qualified to treat the patient. If a person went to a dermatologist for a gun shot wound the doctor would have to turn him away. If the patient is lucky the doctor would give him a the name and number of someone who is more capable of doing a better job. Just because he is a doctor does not mean that he knows how to treat every kind of illness. Doctors are trained in specific fields, they......

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