The assumptions made certainly prove to be more harmful than helpful, but something we didn't talk about in class really got me thinking...
In talking about how doctors could possibly try and be more open-minded and accepting towards other religious/cultural practices it made me think that it really doesn't exist just in doctors.
Some of this seems to be "common knowledge" to me simply because most people are taught this openness as a way of connecting to people and respecting their decisions. It is simply that this issue is placed in a medical/scientific context and therefore treated differently. It's like we are trying to say that doctors need to go through special training to be able to talk to someone, but when that something they talk about happens to be about their health and their life, we feel as if it carries more weight.
In my opinion, it stems directly from the fact that this practice is deeply rooted in "science" that is related to "truth" which can have no blurred lines in their opinion.
I have no idea how to overcome such an issue, and am worried about the medical field and profession. It seems like more people are attempting other forms of treatment for health, but are our systems really changing? They are clearly the problem, but there doesn't seem to be much being done.
What can we do in our lifetime to help this situation?
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