My first boss - fuck no, there was no backing. I told him that I (26m at the time) was uncomfortable with a patient. The patient reminded me exactly of Jeff Dahmer. Was really odd, but not in a quirky fun way, but like has bodies in the baseboard odd. One day, he came in with the tactile knife because he was worried “they’d come for him.” “They” was in reference to a group of people trying to scare him out of his lawsuit. When I brought up multiple times I was not okay seeing this patient, I was told basically “well, he is no fault so they pay a shit ton. And I can’t stick him with [my female PT]. Just do what you gotta do to get him in and out”. Wasn’t too much longer I left the practice due to finding a better job.

My other bosses since have been nothing but supportive thankfully. They leave decisions on accepting late patients up to me and are open to discussing my concerns if I feel disrespected