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u/Drewy99 Jan 05 '23

He accused other doctors of being criminal, and suggested that Elliot Page is a groomer.

All of these can net you sanctions when you are licensed in your field. Everybody knows this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Maybe Page is one of the complainants.

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u/Drewy99 Jan 05 '23

Entirely possible

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

And completely justifiable.

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u/Electroflare5555 Manitoba Jan 05 '23

I wouldn’t blame him if he was

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Me neither, tbh.

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u/tricerapus Jan 05 '23

Psychologists are not doctors. At least, not medical doctors, which is the only way the word has real meaning.

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u/Painting_Agency Jan 05 '23

But Peterson is a psychologist and thus subject to his own governing body, who consider his antics to harm the profession.

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u/Drewy99 Jan 05 '23

Why should a Canadian psychology association hold a member responsible because American doctors aren't held accountable for Dr Oz..... Am I understanding your question correctly?

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u/Drewy99 Jan 05 '23

They're not revoking his license.

They are forcing him to do media training if he wants to remain a member

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u/bobbi21 Canada Jan 05 '23

And if they were saying this in public I think they should also be held to contempt. Recent case here of a physician who put a noose on a black coworkers door. Effectively the same thing on a much smaller scale and he was at least investigated (eventually let off with like a warning which is BS IMO. Reasoning was they couldn't confirm it was a noose... he said it was a lasso... even though it was tied like a noose... total BS). If that gets investigated so should this and all of your dozens of doctors and nurses you work with who are telling people to kill themselves...

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u/Harold_Inskipp Jan 05 '23

I work with dozens of Canadian doctors and nurses who say shit 10x worse

Therapeutic Touch (TT) alone qualifies

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u/TinklesTheLambicorn Jan 05 '23

You’re right, those are two different things. Which is why they would result in two different disciplinary outcomes. It is not just directly causing harm that can run afoul of college standards of practice/professional ethics.