Re: Doctor Issues - Unbiased Perspective Needed

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> I know we have the American Medical Association but I'm not

actually sure what they do or if they take complaints.

The AMA does NOT handle complaints about physicians. Nor does it make

referrals. It basically doesn't deal with the public very much at all.

In the U.S., if you want to lodge a formal complaint about a

physician, contact your state board of professional regulation

or your state medical board

Both of these organizations are involved with physician licensing and

discipline. But the complaints they deal with are usually big-time

things: fraud, inappropriate sexual advances, substance abuse

If your complaint is more about the doctor's beside manner,

interpersonal relations or that kind of thing, you'll likely get more

satisfaction from talking to the doc's boss -- the medical director

of a group practice or the dept. head at the hospital.

Pam

(mom to Quantell, 17, dx 1996, tx 2001, dx recurrence with AIH

overlap 2006)