WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 1999: Re: What are my rights as an OB patient?

Re: What are my rights as an OB patient?

From: William D. McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:47:42 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 24 Jun 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Thu, 24 Jun 1999, William D. McIntosh, MD wrote:
>>
>>This is a very tough problem that REALLY needs to be addressed before
>>the last minute. You certainly have the right to refuse treatment by
>>anyone you chose, but the problem is that there may not be anyone else
>>available to come and take his place, leaving you in a bad position. In
>>my own practice, if there is a personality conflict that is so severe as
>>to threaten care, we will offer labor induction at a time when that
>>conflict will not be operative.
>
>Doesn't elective induction carry its own set of risks? I agree this is
>NOT an easy problem, any way you slice it. I've changed doctors to get
>away from one I hated, and it would REALLY have put me between a rock
>and a hard place if I had had to choose between an unnecessary induction
>(one of the things I was adamant about avoiding if possible) and having
>to have Dr. X for the delivery. But of course other women may well not
>feel this way (given the number of women who appear to like being
>induced).

I agree that elective induction carries its own (slight) risks, but we are talking about a patient who makes her own choice to go this way rather than risk seeing a doctor she does not like. We are talking about her own choices, and her perception of her own risks, not something imposed on her from outside.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD Clarksville, TN

This is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace consultation and examination by your physician or other health care provider.

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