I agree - she shoudln't have done it and as the patient says in that article, an offer of prayer could be interpreted as the patient being in a very bad way. But suspension sounds most excessive for a first time.
The thing with 'I'll pray for you' is there's no polite way to disagree - "I'd really rather you didn't" doesn't go down well.
At least things have improved in the NHS - when I was born my mother was explicitly told that if I wasn't baptised I wouldn't live through the night. For years she wanted to take me back to the hospital and do "ner ner na ner ner" - but then my parents did eventually decide to name me after the guardian angel while hoping for the best...
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Date: 2009-02-02 11:40 am (UTC)The thing with 'I'll pray for you' is there's no polite way to disagree - "I'd really rather you didn't" doesn't go down well.
At least things have improved in the NHS - when I was born my mother was explicitly told that if I wasn't baptised I wouldn't live through the night. For years she wanted to take me back to the hospital and do "ner ner na ner ner" - but then my parents did eventually decide to name me after the guardian angel while hoping for the best...