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The morals of some Doctors get in the way of unbiased advice

Posted on Feb 8th 2007 5:55PM by Brian White
Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss
Does your Doctor provide unbiased, professional and straightforward medical advice to you based on medical science and proven methods? Don't be so sure.

A recent survey on the views of physicians on controversial medical procedures concluded that some physicians have a moral outlook that influences the advice they give to their patients.

In one example cited in the survey, 52% of doctors objected to the use of abortion due to failed contraception -- and about 40% of doctors said that a 16-year-old would not be given a a contraceptive without parental consent.

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