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I have known professionals who held unconventional personal, spiritual or political views. I only care about their professional competence. Perhaps the personal beliefs could impact their performance, but in these cases, it does not appear so.
This can work both ways. Someone could agree with me or with conventional wisdom 100% and also lack professional competence. Again, it is that job performance that is pertinent.
Of course that is correct. What the leftist media is purposefully ignoring in this case is that some of the ideas presented by Dr. Immanuel are likely to be relevant to some patients that she sees. In other words she is doing what all doctors should be doing - showing cultural sensitivity.
Smart doctors work within the cultural framework of their patients. If you are seeing patients that have certain spiritual beliefs it is better to work with them in that context than to pretend their beliefs don't matter, or to actively try to refute them.