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Re: Kick CountsFrom: GA12L@aol.comTue Dec 20 11:07:10 2005
In a message dated 20/12/2005 17:50:10 GMT Standard Time, ainsron@sbcglobal.net writes: If I have patient who has an abnormal pap smear and I recommend f/u in six months and she fails to keep the appointment and I don’t contact her to ask why she didn’t come and reschedule it, I will be sued if she develops cervical cancer. Are you serious? Where is the woman's responsibility in all this? You're not dealing with children although it would appear that you are at times. If I am given a hospital appointment and I don't keep it, tough! That's my problem not the doc who has tried to do a f/u. Are you supposed to hold their hand every step of the way? My friend was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 42 although she'd had the lump (growing bigger every week) for a year. She had several appointments but DNA any of them until she could no longer ignore it. She eventually went and was diagnosed, had chemo, surgery and then radiotherapy. If she had lost her breast it would have been her fault and no one else's. Are you saying given the same scenario over there you would have been sued? If so then something is terribly wrong. Gail
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