I work in medicine, and one of the hospitals in our system is the VA. I have literally no interest in serving veterans; people who fight in wars for America pretty much stand and act against everything I believe in. It's not necessarily that I think these people don't deserve great healthcare, it's that I don't want to be the one giving it to them. I would much rather spend my time serving people from my community who didn't spend large parts of their lives wrecking other communities.
Sure, some of my patients anywhere are going to be complete assholes. Sure, there are a lot of veterans who weren't involved in combat (but they did directly aid those in combat at least, right?). Idk, is there a perspective I'm not seeing here? Is it wrong for me to be morally opposed to working for the VA?
I think the empathy up front approach is key. No patient wants to be told by a doctor that they aren't "worthy" of treatment or any sort because of something they did and would only undermine their trust in medicine I would never want to do that.
Interestingly, my favorite patient I've ever had was a right winged boomer. If I met him in a bar I probably would have told him to fuck off but something about the professional setting really helped bring out the good nature in him.
"Black newborns more likely to die when looked after by White doctors" https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/health/black-babies-mortality-rate-doctors-study-wellness-scli-intl/index.html
Read Marx and learn what human nature really is
What? lol