Doctors "fire" patients who refuse vaccines for their children: Ethical?

Won't get your kid vaccinated? You're fired.
That's the extreme step some pediatricians are taking when it comes to dealing with parents who won't get their children vaccinated over concerns the injections cause autism or other side effects. The Wall Street Journal reports that these doctors are fed up and would rather rid the family from their practice than have unvaccinated children risk infecting other infants or sick children in the waiting room.
Dr. Scott Goldstein, a pediatrician at Northwestern Children's Practice in Chicago, is one such doctor. He told CBS This Morning, "If you don't believe in the fundamental thing we believe in, then you need to go somewhere else."
nd he's not alone. A survey by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found 25 percent of pediatricians have fired patients for refusing vaccines, according to CBS This Morning.
"Most people my age have never seen a case of polio or measles but when we ask our parents or grandparents they remember it very well," Goldstein said. "This is the best way to protect our kids."
But don't doctors take an oath to help all patients? The American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines even state, "Pediatricians should avoid discharging patients from their practices solely because a parent refuses to immunize his or her child. However... the pediatrician may encourage the family to find another physician or practice."