A rose by any other name… More on Speech Codes

I just read Rob’s posting on the Scottish National Health Service’s action regarding the elimination of discriminatory language. I should like to see the entire text. I wonder if they will also remove language that discriminates among doctors, nurses, technicians, office staff, patients, vendors, visitors, and chaplains. It strikes me that offering patients different types of treatment based on their medical condition, even though warranted, is discriminatory, too. I don’t know how the National Health Service will handle the person who has no relatives, partners, friends, family, etc.—in other words, someone with absolutely no relations with any other human being. Sounds like more discrimination. Perhaps the National Health Service should concentrate on providing good medical service and rather than engage in attempting to engineer human nature.   RJA sj