Re: Help!! Urgent. Iffy induction decision. UPDATE
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:37:30 -0500 (CDT)
SummerBreeze,
I understand what you are saying and there is validity to your comments
in a general way. What we on the list note occasionally is that medical
management by other physicians may stray from what might be considered
"standard of care". I believe you misconstrued Dr Siegel's comments in
that he felt the course of treatment was obvious to a skilled
practitioner.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for patients to restrict us in the
performance of good medical care due to misinformation. I believe that
this was what Dr. Siegel was trying to impart in his response.
I look at both responses below as a learning experience to find out what
"the other side" may be thinking when they get frustrated, from time to
time, with "the other side". :-)
At Tue, 21 Oct 1997, SummerBreeze wrote:
>
>>I am not trying to be mean, arrogant, or heavy; rather, I'm trying to
>>reflect the doctor's viewpoint when faced with someone in your position.
>>Garry E. Siegel, M.D., FACOG
>>Private Practice
>>Roswell, Ga.
>
>Dr. Siegel,
>
> I realize the advice on this forum is given freely by doctors, and is
>meant to be helpful. For that, I am greatful, and feel it is a wonderful forum.
>But after reading your response to Sue, not only was I angry, but if I was
>Sue, would be offended as well. Maybe this is not the way you intended the
>post to sound, but it certainly did to me. I also have to question the
>judgement of a doctor that would respond in this way.
>
>>My comment is that your requests may hinder the
>>effectiveness of your care, and your MD/midwife need to be given the
>>leeway to that that which you entrust to them--care for you in a
>>medically appropriate fashion.
>>Lastly, while your opinions are certainly welcome, this
>>degree of input is very time consuming for the practitioner, and gets
>>old sometimes when your situation is, to those of us who practice, a
>>real "no-brainer."
>
>I am sorry, but when it comes to the point that my own input into my medical
>care is no longer seen as "important" (after all I AM the patient, and it is
>MY baby) to the doctor who is caring for me, then that is a doctor I do not
>wish to see again.
>Also if my input into my care is getting "old" to the doctor, and he does
>not have the intelligence or compassion to realize that what is "old" to him
>is "new and frightening" to me, then that is also a doctor I would not wish
>to see.
>
>For Sue's sake, and the sake of her baby, I certainly hope that should would
>question the care she receives by her doctor, and would have a good deal of
>input into it. Afterall, doctors are only human and they DO make mistakes.
>I know from personal experience that they make mistakes much more often than
>we realize. For my own safety and the safety of my children, I will ALWAYS
>have input into my care, and will always question the care I am receiving.
>If the doctor can not handle that then it is time for me to find a new
>doctor and perhaps time for him to find a new profession.
>
--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
http://www.obgyn.net/women/advisors/harveym.htm
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