Question

[flea]

"In the event of serious illness, do you wish the doctor to pray with you?" as a question on basic starting paperwork at a pediatrician's office: red flag, or to be taken for granted when one lives in the Bible Belt?

mr. flea noted, "At least they asked, and 'no' was an option," but me, I tend to like a sharp line between my spiritual guidance and my medical care. mr. flea thinks I'm being prejudiced against religion. Am I overreacting to want to look for another practice (this is in GA, so we have no existing relationship, yet)?

Comments

[zmayhem.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Run. Run FAR, FAR AWAY. Invasive and creepy and inappropriate times eleventy. And I say that as an actively religious person. I agree with lili_beth that it sounds like a question meant to screen *you*, and it feels like even though they offer "no" as an option it might be hard to shake the feeling that that was the wrong answer and to wonder if it was affecting how the doctor and his/her staff saw you and your kids (even if they tried not to let it).

Just, ugh.