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That is sooo code 302.0!; What your doctor might really think about your homosexuality
Topic Started: Aug 10 2013, 08:24 AM (351 Views)
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Calif. man: doctor gave me 'homosexual behavior' diagnosis

By Chris Henao and Kim Baldonado, NBC Los Angeles

A patient said a Southern California doctor diagnosed him with "homosexual behavior" during his first visit to the office for a check-up.

Earlier this year, Matthew Moore started seeing a new doctor who suggested he undergo a complete physical. The tests revealed he was B-12 deficient, and had high blood pressure and high cholesterol -- conditions that he called "normal for me."

When Moore, who is openly gay, went back to the doctor's Manhattan Beach, Calif., office to discuss the findings, the nurse gave him the results of his physical.
Among other diagnoses, the doctor listed "Homosexual behavior (302.0)," according to medical records obtained by NBC4. "Homosexual behavior" was also listed as a chronic condition on Moore's patient plan.

"When I look up code 302.0 and its sexual deviancy or mental illness, and that code has been removed or suggested heavily not to be used since 1973," Moore said.
"My jaw was on the floor. At first, I kind of laughed, I thought, 'Here's another way that gay people are lessened and made to feel less-than,' and then as I thought about it and as I dealt with it, it angered me," Moore said.

He later returned to the office, at the suggestion of an attorney and friends, to let the doctor explain her decision. He said when asked, the doctor defended her position.

"I was dumbfounded," Moore said.

Asked how one could treat homosexuality, the doctor said that "is still up to debate" and that the sexual orientation is "still being thought of as a disease," Moore said.

Moore said he does not take issue with his sexual orientation being noted on his medical chart, but he does have a problem with it listed under chronic conditions.

"Government tells us, oftentimes, that we're not equal," Moore said. "Many churches tell us that we're sinners, and now here's a medical professional telling us that we are sick. And it's gotta stop."

Unsatisfied with his doctor's response, Moore wrote a letter to the Torrance Memorial Physician Network and received an apologetic note in return.

Moore asked for – and received – his $30 copay back.

"We fully appreciate your frustration and anger related to your experience and are committed to ensuring that such events are not repeated," Heidi Assigal, senior director of Torrance Health Association, Inc., wrote, in part.

"We would like to unequivocally state that the Torrance Memorial Physician Network does not view homosexuality as a disease or a chronic condition and we do not endorse or approve of the use of Code 302.0 as a diagnosis for homosexuality."

Moore said he does not plan to file a lawsuit against the doctor, who he asked remain anonymous to protect her reputation. He said he was inspired to tell his story to let others know that if something like this happens, "you have to speak up."

"If I was a 14-year-old in a small town in Indiana, where I'm from, and I had a doctor tell me or my parents that I was sick because they thought I was gay, it would've been very damaging," he said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/09/19947933-calif-man-doctor-gave-me-homosexual-behavior-diagnosis?lite
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Ugh! Fuck. That made me so angry. And I've got no connection to the American health care system whatsoever.

AND WHY IS HE PROTECTING THIS BITCH?!? :roll
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The cunt deserves to have her reputation ruined.

She should lose her license to practice, but then watch the religitards scream "religious persecution!"
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Is 302.0 listed in Obamacare?
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Via a commenter on Joe. My. God.:

Well, according to this http://www.torrancememorial.or... there are only 63 female physicians affiliated with Torrance Memorial Physician Network. Of those, only 4 are from Manhattan Beach and only one is appointed in 2013 - Tehmina Khan http://www.torrancememorial.or...
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Name submitted without comment. :shhh
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The moral of the story is to do due diligence before you put your life in the hands of a theist doctor. Maybe we should insist any prospective doctor fill out a questionnaire to ascertain their position on potential conflicts of interest vis-a-vis their superstitious belief system.
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Do you think this is the stupid cunt?

http://www.torrancememorial.org/Our_Doctors/Physician_Search/K/Tehmina_Khan_M_D_.aspx
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Very often it is the doctor who is a homosexual!
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The Doctor in this case is a straight female, PeeCee. So you will likely be unable to defend her.
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Erna
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We hate all fish(aka str8 females).
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MrsPatrickCampbell
Aug 10 2013, 09:53 AM
We hate all fish(aka str8 females).
Consistency.

Super herpes.

MrsPatrickCampbell.
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We need to monster this bitch...flaming torches...irate villagers in dirndls and lederhosen with pitchforks...mountain fastness...the whole fucking deal!

She needs to be made a VERY public example of so that no other quack will pull this cunt-move again. Complaints to all the professional bodies etc. A concerted effort to take her down on "rate my doctor" type websites. Destroy destroy destroy.

If nothing else it'll be interesting to see if the christers come to her -- the "Muslim enemy" -- defence!!!
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Aug 10 2013, 10:30 AM
We need to monster this bitch...flaming torches...irate villagers in dirndls and lederhosen with pitchforks...mountain fastness...the whole fucking deal!

She needs to be made a VERY public example of so that no other quack will pull this cunt-move again. Complaints to all the professional bodies etc. A concerted effort to take her down on "rate my doctor" type websites. Destroy destroy destroy.

If nothing else it'll be interesting to see if the christers come to her -- the "Muslim enemy" -- defence!!!
I'm the first to criticize Islam as much as I do Christianity...but--if we have the correct woman--it appears she is Indian and Hindu.

So let's be fair.
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Nevermind. Just saw that she's from a province of Pakistan. My mistake.
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Pollyanna Prisspot, School Marm
Aug 10 2013, 10:53 AM
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We need to monster this bitch...flaming torches...irate villagers in dirndls and lederhosen with pitchforks...mountain fastness...the whole fucking deal!

She needs to be made a VERY public example of so that no other quack will pull this cunt-move again. Complaints to all the professional bodies etc. A concerted effort to take her down on "rate my doctor" type websites. Destroy destroy destroy.

If nothing else it'll be interesting to see if the christers come to her -- the "Muslim enemy" -- defence!!!
I'm the first to criticize Islam as much as I do Christianity...but--if we have the correct woman--it appears she is Indian and Hindu.

So let's be fair.
Khan is a Moslem name though. And I thought she was from Pakistan, or at least received her medical training there?
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Send a complaint here, and attach the OP's story.

http://www.torrancememorial.org/About_Us/Contact_Us.aspx
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Aug 10 2013, 10:57 AM
Pollyanna Prisspot, School Marm
Aug 10 2013, 10:53 AM
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Aug 10 2013, 10:30 AM
We need to monster this bitch...flaming torches...irate villagers in dirndls and lederhosen with pitchforks...mountain fastness...the whole fucking deal!

She needs to be made a VERY public example of so that no other quack will pull this cunt-move again. Complaints to all the professional bodies etc. A concerted effort to take her down on "rate my doctor" type websites. Destroy destroy destroy.

If nothing else it'll be interesting to see if the christers come to her -- the "Muslim enemy" -- defence!!!
I'm the first to criticize Islam as much as I do Christianity...but--if we have the correct woman--it appears she is Indian and Hindu.

So let's be fair.
Khan is a Moslem name though. And I thought she was from Pakistan, or at least received her medical training there?
*Muslim... Or Mohammedan :wink
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Aug 10 2013, 08:29 AM
Is 302.0 listed in Obamacare?
LOL
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