Dear Friends,
Welcome to the third installment of Tanenbaum’s Health Care Insights series.
This month’s issue features a religiously motivated conscientious refusal involving attire in the health care workplace:
- The Scenario: A Sikh physician wears a full beard due to his religious beliefs regarding uncut hair. This conflicts with the hospital’s policy regarding safety and hygiene.
- Click here to learn about the religious context underlying the physician’s choice and how the hospital can find an alternative that can accommodate the physician’s requirements, while still ensuring patient safety.
For additional case studies from our medical school curriculum, click here. To learn more about the intersections of religion and health care, Tanenbaum’s full Medical Manual can be purchased here. (Contact us for discounted bulk and institutional purchase rates for the eBook version.)
In friendship,
Joyce S. Dubensky
CEO