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Re: VBACs (long) From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Sun Apr 10 07:13:40 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: OB: CT pelvimetry" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: VBACs" In reply to: D. Ashley Hill: "Re: VBACs (long)" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: VBACs (long)" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: VBACs (long)" I had to look that 3-strike ammendment stuff - I did not know - it seems to me that it further pushes the burden to the physicians to settle the lawsuit out of the Coliseum - less work for the trial lawyers - more turn over - more money -!! >At Sat, 9 Apr 2005, D. Ashley Hill wrote: > >Efrain- > >Like you, we embraced VBACs and generally found them satisfying. We >take in-house call so the "immediately available" dictum was not such a >big deal to us. After the 3-strikes amendment passed in Florida last >November, we quit offering VBACs. Our schedulers, OB nurse, staff, and >physicians all provide information regarding our policies to patients >and any "challenging" patients are forwarded to me. What amazes me most >is how patients acquiesce once I tell them that it's due to the legal >climate in Florida. Patients do know that ob/gyns are having a tough >time with medical liability issues, and, at least in our area, it seems >that they find this a more or less reasonable explanation of why they >cannot obtain certain services (VBACs, timely mammograms, certain >surgical procedures). Sadly, politics and economics seem to be >replacing evidence-based medicine for many of the services physicians >and hospitals offer patients. Best wishes, > >Ashley > >-- >D. Ashley Hill, MD >Associate Director >Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology >Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency > and Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group >Orlando, Florida > -- I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen, And accrue what I hear into myself...and let sounds contribute toward me. ~walt whitman~ Next message: art fougner, md: "Re: OB: CT pelvimetry" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: VBACs" In reply to: D. Ashley Hill: "Re: VBACs (long)" Next in thread: art fougner, md: "Re: VBACs (long)" Reply: art fougner, md: "Re: VBACs (long)"

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