Re: FW: [OB/GYN (OB)] RE: Fetal Fotos
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Wed Jun 26 11:14:40 2002
as in Gary Sinisi? lol
run Terry run!
art
At Wed, 26 Jun 2002, DuBose, Terry wrote:
>
>Dear Ms. Sinisi, I understand what you are saying; however, I think you may
>not realize the extent of what is happening in the field of sonography.
>Many of the people who are doing these "entertainment" sonograms have little
>or no education in the modality... others do not care what they find. An
>example is an article in the Wall Street Journal about an "entertainment"
>business that took sonographic equipment to baby showers and made 15 minute
>videos. The business owner was asked by the reporter what she would do if
>she found a fetus with a problem or even death during a taping, and the
>reply quoted was, "This is not a medical exam, I do not care if the baby has
>3 legs, I will only point out two." In my opinion that is criminal.
>
>I routinely give out fetal sonograms, and video tapes of the survey part of
>the exam (if the patient provides the video tape). I have never denied a
>patient a fetal sonograph, even in cases of fetal death. I understand that
>this is often a part of dealing with the grief. If the patient requests an
>image, I give them one.
>
>The intent is not to deny the parents access to images, but to maintain a
>high level of sonographic practice and not have it degenerate into a circus
>of abuse by the uneducated. I believe the patient should have all the
>information available, and allow any observers into the exam room that the
>mother desires, including the father, grandparents, neighbors, or anyone
>that she desires to be present. In poor outcomes these friends and loved
>ones give her support, in most cases (fortunately) the outcome is good and
>they celebrate together. However, I do request that the noise and questions
>be reasonable, sonography does require considerable concentration on the
>part of the operator, and all answers may not be immediately obvious.
>
>You have completely misinterpreted what the sonographic medical community is
>trying to do. We are not trying to deny you anything. We are trying to
>make sure the patient does get good and ACCURATE information... not just
>greed driven profiteering at the expense of good diagnostic sonography.
>
>Peace, Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS (58 year old, father of 1, imager of
>thousands)
>Assistant Professor & Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program
>CHRP, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
>Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
>501-686-6510
>http://www.io.com/~dubose/
>http://www.uams.edu/CHRP/dmshome.htm
>http://www.obgyn.net/us/panel/panel.htm
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cssinisi@aol.com [mailto:Cssinisi@aol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 8:24 AM
>To: DuboseTerryJ@uams.edu
>Subject: Re: FW: [OB/GYN (OB)] RE: Fetal Fotos
>
>Why do medical professionals feel that they are in a position to dictate
>health care and save people from themselves? Mind your own business. The
>arrogance that is continually forced on patients, that have no other way to
>access health care, is unconscionable. What makes you think that you have
>the right to interfere with another person's decision to have a picture or
>video of their unborn child. The only thing wrong with these Fetal Fotos is
>
>that they make doctors and medical professionals feel less important and
>underpaid. I especially like when the father is not allowed into the room
>because it will make it more difficult for the person doing the ultrasound.
>
>Do you really feel that we are just lab rats who provide something for you
>to
>do so that you can feel important and add line items to your resume. Why
>should we be allowed to know what is going on with our own health?
>
>I really think you guys are living in a bubble.
>
>Carolyn Sinisi, 42 year old, mother of 2
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art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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