Nich Starling, the a href="http://norfolkblogger.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-want-doctor-whose-abilities-i-can.html"Norfolk Blogger/a - indeed, strongthe/strong Norfolk Blogger - is concerned that:br /br /blockquotea large number of doctors who want to be able to talk to patients about God and their faith ... are lobbying the GMC to allow them to do so.br //blockquotepHe writes:/pblockquoteI put my faith in the doctor and years of medical training. What I don't want is a doctor giving me the impression that he or she really does not have the skills to deal with my problem and instead relies on "divine intervention"./blockquoteAnd:br /blockquoteI hope the GMC will realise that a doctor espousing praying is akin to telling a patient to "keep your fingers crossed" and gives patients no confidence in the ability of the doctor./blockquoteI am not sure this latter point is true as a matter of fact: I would not be surprised to learn that many of the best doctors are practising Christians or follow some other faith.br /br /But more importantly, I think Nich is ducking the central question here.br /br /Offering to pray for someone can be kind, patronising, threatening, reassuring, presumptuous, thoughtful or silly, depending upon the situation and the two people involved.br /br /The question is whether we think that a centrally determined and imposed code of conduct can account for all the subtleties here or whether we are happy to trust the judgement of the people involved.br /br /Because we are Liberals we prefer the latter course of action, don't we?div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6606798-2090387321545009885?l=liberalengland.blogspot.com'//div
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