AAP vaccination refusal form problem

[Guest guest]

Yes, its terrible and that's why many have stopped going to peds

There really is not a need in most cases - once you learn you don't

want vaccines, you realize you don't want much else.

Many find chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths or at least family

practice doctors

Sheri

At 10:56 PM 10/8/2008, you wrote:

>We just took our daughter to a new pediatrician and he also insisted

>that we sign the AAP form. I even told the nurse that I wanted to take

>it and have it looked over by a lawyer first but the doctor came in

>and then started in on how he could be sued if he didn't have proof

>that we were informed yadda yadda. I talked with him at length about

>it and only agreed to sign it if I could write my own statement on the

>form which he did allow. I stated that my daughter had had an adverse

>reaction to previous doses of vax and that we were researching

>vaccination and found conflicts so we are claiming religious and

>philosophical exemption and that we would continue to educate

>ourselves on the issue and reserved the right to choose to vax in

>future if the conflicts had been resolved. Something to that effect.

>So we get our say in there.

>

>Two things about it were that I was handed quite a few papers and then

>asked to sign the form even though the first line of the form states

>that you have read all the papers. I even told the nurse and doc it'd

>be a lie since I hadn't READ the papers they handed me yet. Also, the

>nurse said she's witness the signing but she wasn't in the room when

>we signed. Only the doctor. My husband pointed it out that the doc

>should sign the witness part and he said that the nurse would do it.

>That's illegal, isn't it? She wasn't in the room and didn't witness

>anything.

>

>Sometimes doctors just have you by the nuts.

>

>The doc had also tried to scare us by saying that he worked in the ER

>and saw terrible things happen to kids and how many dangers are out

>there etc. I explained that I felt I couldn't sign a paper to have the

>vax's and be responsible for any adverse reactions and then he said,

> " If she gets meningitis, whose fault will it be? " implying that it

>would be my fault. I don't see directly injecting a child with known

>toxins the same as a child accidentally contracting a disease.

>

>I am still miffed about having to sign anything. I know he's covering

>his ass but I am looking out for my family. It just proves to me that

>it's all about money.

>

>And AGAIN, he downplayed the whole thing about my daughter becoming

>very pale after her vax's. I keep asking, why is " paleness " listed as

>an adverse reaction (NOT a side effect) if it doesn't matter? They

>never have an answer, they just say oh it was probably nothing.

>

>Jerica

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