Re: Consent for vaginal delivery
From: Garry E. Siegel, M.D. (garrys@mindspring.com)
Tue Jun 6 20:13:19 2006
Robert and I were talking off list. If anyone wants an electronic copy
of the consent for vaginal delivery, VBAC or C/S, I can send privately
as a Word document or .pdf, or scan as a picture.
Please email off list if desired.
Garry
At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. wrote:
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>Gail:
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>Where are you during this thread?
>
>Garry
>
>At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Jamie wrote:
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>>I've seen nurses who are incompetent, lazy, willing to alter records. .
>>. yada, yada, yada. . . No human is immune from bad behavior, and no
>>profession eliminates all bad behavior among its practioners. This
>>discussion is not about doctor vs nurse. The discussion was about
>>informed consent, and since informed consent should be obtained by the
>>person performing the procedure, that's the person who has the potential
>>for wrongdoing.
>>
>>That said, I was taught that it's pretty stupid from a legal perspective
>>to comment negatively about other team members in the patient record.
>>Staff issues, (medical staff and hospital employees) should be handled
>>through more appropriate channels. The entire situation sounds
>>crappy-nurses not giving appropriate care, doctor retaliating rather
>>than addressing the problem with nursing admin, then the nurse alters
>>the record-I hope I'm never a patient there.
>>
>>At Tue, 6 Jun 2006, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote:
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>>>In a message dated 6/6/06 4:17:00 PM, RModugno@aol.com writes:
>>>
>>>> I have heard physicians
>>>> literally lie about risks (mostly IRT the uncommon but serious risks of
>>>> epidural anesthesia).
>>>>
>>>> Obstetricians? Anesthesiologists? CNM's? Lie? At our institution, the
>>>> anesthesiologist gets informed consents for epidurals - have never heard them
>>>> "lie".
>>>>
>>>Have you ever seen/heard of an anesthesiologist take a progress note page off
>>>a chart because he was criticized in the note (e.g. "Anesthesia refused to
>>>induce patient for emergency C/S for possible ruptured uterus until he 'reviewed
>>>the chart with his feet up on the desk' and . . . yada, yada, yada")?
>>>
>>>I was an intern when I first heard of nurses (in the burn unit, incriminated
>>>by a doctor's progress note detailing their mismanagement of the burn
>>>dressings) making a progress sheet "disappear".
>>>
>>>Joe P.
>>>
>>>Joe P.
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>>JFields, RN, BSN
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>Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
>Private Practice
>Roswell, GA
>
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Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
Private Practice
Roswell, GA
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