Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Hey Group, I've read about how dangerous doctors can be to your health. Just this week I found that out first hand. The doctor was a specialist treating my son........ age 21, I am wondering about patient rights concerning doctors, and in this instance, the doctor threatened to " fire us " as his patients, because we dared to not agree with him. I will be writing the AMA to file a complaint against this doctor but what other measures can I take to somehow make it public what this doctor is capable of. He was neglectful in the care of my son that being the worst of what he did but he also was arrogant, rude and downright insulting. I would appreciate any suggestions, and also since he placed pins in the bone of my son's hand, we will need to find another orthopaedic specialist who would be willing to take over his care......... I am very distrustful of this doctor and cannot in good conscience take my son back to him...........however what does one do in this situation?? thanks, Dee ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Dee, sorry to hear you are having problems with your son's doctor. Other than the doctor's personality, what what was it exactly that feels sub-standard in your son's care? If you truly feel you need to file a complaint, you need to go the the State Medical Board, not the AMA. All licensing is done by the states and the AMA is more of a political organization and membership is totally voluntary.. Don't forget that every doctor also has the right to terminate the doctor-patient relationship if it doesn't feel like it is working. Often the rift is felt mutually. When I was in the hospital last year with gallstone-induced pancreatitis, my gastroenterologist became so peeved with me making my own medical decisions from the hospital bed that he dumped me as a patient! I got shifted to a wet-behind-the-ears associate who turned out to be much more competent plus a whole lot nicer. The only good thing that came of it is that I never got a bill from the first guy. Every specialist gets a chance to take on new patients who are switching doctors. I'd suggest you keep your description of the " bad " doctor brief, just say " it wasn't working " and stick to the most important thing, finishing the job at hand. Don't forget to have your son dose up heavily on Vitamin C, Vitamin E and the full complement of minerals. I've also used herbal bone menders (comfrey and boneset) successfully in the past to cut healing time in half. All the best, Will in MInnesota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Will, Here's my story, my son broke a bone in his hand near the thumb of his right hand, (he's right handed) last Thursday, we went for x-rays and to see our family doctor who told us it was broken, that's how we ended up at the orthopaedic doc. This doc said he needed surgery as soon as possible to set the bone back in place with pins so it would grow back and he could keep the use of his thumb. He saw this specialist on Monday, and he prescribed him 30 Lortabs for pain, our family doctor had given him 24 Tylenol 3's for pain as well, My son is a student and works part time at General Nutrition Centers ( vitamin/health food store chain), he took 5 of these 30 Lortabs, during the time he had seen this doctor on Monday, till his surgery on Thursday.......he took the Lortab at nite to help him with the pain so he could sleep, and took the tylenol 3 during the day, as he went to school and worked. Before the surgery he was sedated with something similiar to Valium but it's something else.......and he was given a local block on his hand for his surgery, the surgery was suppposed to take 20 minutes, however it turned into an hour and he ended up with a long incision in his hand, due to the doctor having problems getting the bone back in place. When I saw him in recovery he was conscious but was still sedated, I went to his recovery room with him and stayed with him, when the feeling started coming back, he began to complain of the pain and when his doctor came by to talk to us, he told him he was in pain and the doctor stated that there would be " No Charge for that " , we just looked at him, like DUH!! He acted so nonchalant and uncaring about my sons' pain, like it was a big joke at our expense. I showed the doctor Shane's bottle of Lortabs that we had with us, to ask him if he could take it now or what to do for the pain, and he goes " YOU HAVE PAIN MEDICINE? " , Like we werent' supposed to have anything for pain, I said, yes, you prescribed this on monday when my son saw you. This doc then said, to me, I never know who has pain medicine or who doesn't! So, I ordered it for him today, but I'll change it so he cannot have anymore, then he pointedly looked over the chart at my son, like you are not getting anything by me....... During this exchange, my son is still sedated and in pain, Shane asked the doctor if I run out of pain medicine can I get more......I'm in pain now........he was still groggy and not fully himself, the doctor pointed at the bottle of Lortabs, 25 of them and said what you have there is valuable................and I won't be giving you anymore pain medicine you do not need it. I was getting to be annoyed with this man, and I ignored him and looked at my son to resssure him, and told him plainly, we will call our family doctor for pain medicine if you need it...........I was not rude to this doctor but I let him know we would not put up with his foolishness, then he raised his voice and began to threaten us if we called our family doc he would " FIRE US " , and he began to repeat again what he would do, and he really meant it he said.............. He was so angry I thought he was going to throw something at me! I looked this doctor in the eye, and told him my son doesn't sell drugs or want to sell drugs he needs them for pain. He ignored my son's complaints about pain and left the room. He was so intent on worrying that we were trying to get drugs that we didn't need he never gave my son anything for pain, the nurses never gave him anything in his IV or by mouth for pain, I ended up giving him the Lortabs for pain on the way from the hospital........I was so humiliated by the whole episode and angry. My family and I are middle class all American people. We do not even look like drug pushers, and to think this doctor would imply we were there to just get drugs when my son had just went thru surgery is ridiculous and insulting. That's the reason I think the he received sub-standard care from this doctor. Thanks for the recommendations for the vitamins and herbs for quick healing time, I'll be sure to pass those along to Shane. Dee ________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/ month - visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I was so humiliated by the whole episode and angry. Dont get mad. Dont get even. Get one better. Report the a$$hole. I would! Whether they did anything or not I would certainly advertise to EVERYONE what he is. I have even seen people take out newspaper ads to tell folks. LOLOL Neysa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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