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Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC From: DoctorJoe@aol.com Wed Mar 15 15:55:59 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "OBG" Maybe in reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Informed Refusal - VBAC" Next in thread: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC" Reply: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC" In a message dated 3/15/06 4:32:29 PM, ainsron@sbcglobal.net writes: > The hospital does have a policy against VBAC.  I voted for the policy in > committee.  However, I still encounter patients who given all the information, > refuse a scheduled cesarean section.  If they indeed have the ethical right > of informed refusal, how do we balance that right against the right of the > physician and hospital to say we cannot safely provide for VBAC.  They cannot go > elsewhere because elsewhere does not exist.  Some choose to deliver at home > with a midwife – which I see as a far greater risk. > 4th Law of the House of God: "The patient is the one with the disease." 8th Law of the House of God: "They can always hurt you more." Joe P. P.S. For those of you more folksy, perhaps "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink," but remember that if you throw the horse into the water, it can sue you if it drowns (or simply chokes). Next message: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC" Previous message: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "OBG" Maybe in reply to: Dr. Ainsworth: "Informed Refusal - VBAC" Next in thread: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC" Reply: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Informed Refusal - VBAC"

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