Re: Problem patient
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Apr 12 15:11:32 2006
Joe P ... all together now ...
Stella!!!!!!!
Art
At Wed, 12 Apr 2006, Dean Huffman . wrote:
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>..
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>A similar case, about 15 - 20 years ago in California (I do not have
>documentation). A woman went to an OB/GYN annually for exam. Each year he tried
>to do a PAP smear, but she refused, saying she could not pay for it. He even
>offered to pay the lab cost himself, but she refused.
>
>The long and short of it is that she finally developed cervical cancer and
>successfully sued the OB/GYN because he had not done a PAP smear.
>
>Another one in the Bronx, New York. A pshcyic had a CT scan, after which she
>lost her psychic powers. She sued and won damages because the CT caused her to
>lose her powers. (If she was such a good psychic, she should have known better
>than to have the CT in the first place.)
>
>Perhaps what is more bothersome in these cases is that they are not reversed on
>appeal.
>
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>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:22:55 -0500
>From: dahmd@cfl.rr.com (D. Ashley Hill)
>Subject: Re: Problem patient
>
>Gail-
>
>I'll try to find the citation for this: several years ago a jury ruled against a
>physician because his patient developed breast cancer with a delay in diagnosis
>and treatment. The doctor told the lady to see a breast surgeon at her exam
>due to a suspicious lump, and even made the appointment for her. She did not
>show, so the surgeon notified the primary physician. The primary physician
>wrote a CERTIFIED letter to her house, also sent a non-certified letter, called
>her work, and called her job. A year or so later she was diagnosed with breast
>cancer, so she sued the primary physician for delay of diagnosis. The jurors
>felt the doctor did not do enough to apprise her of the risks of breast lumps,
>and at least one juror said the doctor should have gone to the patient's home
>to tell her personally of the risk. THAT'S what it's like practicing here. The
>saddest aspect of this, IMO, is that many citizens buy into the concept that you
>are never at fault for your own behavior, nor is there bad luck.
>
>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
>
--
art fougner, md
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