Re: Within or outside the standard of care - Long
From: Braun, R. Daniel (rbraun@iupui.edu)
Wed May 30 10:41:47 2001
Hey,
I agree with her, especially about the chnge in insurance plan. There is no
such thing as a Doctor-Patient relationship anymore. If it costs more money,
I'm outta here. is the current way patients look at DOctors. (Not all, but
most.)
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Chudacoff, MD [mailto:rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 12:14 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Within or outside the standard of care - Long
Betty
You have got to be kidding, or did you just get off the wrong side of the
bed this morning. Are you always this vicious? Was that your Dad who tore up
North Africa in all those Panzers?
--
Richard Chudacoff, MD
-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Betty
Rommel, MD, PhD
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 10:45 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Within or outside the standard of care - Long
At Mon, 28 May 2001, Paul Prior MD wrote:
>
I am in solo practice and I
>see many patients who come to me first of all because they want to
>know for SURE who is delivering them. Many have been through group
>practices before and were unhappy with getting the luck of the draw.
>I have several patients who were VERY unhappy that I went to ACOG this
>year because they were due around that time and were very upset that
>they might be delivered by someone else.
>
>Don't get me wrong, I'd like to think all that attention is because
>I'm the greatest doc in the world, but we all know that isn't true
>(quiet, el!). However, for many women, a definite bond develops
>between her and her obstetrician, and just having a competent pair of
>hands at the other end of the sheets is not for what she is looking!
>One of the benefits of solo practice - your patients are your own.
>The down side is they all expect you there 24/7....
>
>Respectfully, I don't think you give enough credence to the bond that
>develops between a woman and her OB, especially first time moms. Thus
>I do believe that "social" inductions can be appropriate.
>
Do you really believe your own propaganda? or are you attempting to
justify your own un-indicated interventions? Your job is to deliver
babies, happiness is a common side-effect.
It's enlightening to see how quickly the modern doctor-patient bond
dissolves when her insurance changes and she seeks out the next
most-convenient-doc-on-the-list instead of sticking it out with her
cherished solo practitioner. She probably holds you in the same esteem
as her garage door opener - convenient, but not essential.
If convenience is what you & your patients truly seek, then tap &
section 'em all on your lunch break instead of wasting everyone's time
and resources for a game plan that boasts a 25%+ failure rate.
--
Betty Rommel, MD, PhD
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