Re: The legality of a clinic witholding the MD's name
From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 19:15:34 -0600 (CST)
As the lone professional on this point, is anyone aware there is an
internet abortion doctor hit-list to kill doctors who do abortions? With
friends like this, abortion clinics would have to be crazy to give out
names of their docs. Their life is worth the privacy. Without that,
most docs would never work in an abortion clinic.
HSM
At Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Donna wrote:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: Erin <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list WOMENS-HEALTH <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 1:10 PM
>Subject: Re: The legality of a clinic witholding the MD's name
>
>> It's my assumption that you, as a patient, have every right under the
>> sun to know how credible your doctor is. I find it rather suspicious
>> that they should be that protective of information that is vital to you
>> health. I've never heard of a clinic that withholds the names of
>> doctors. On one hand I think that part of their concern may be in that
>> several abortion doctors have been victimized by pro-life zealots, but
>> on the other I think that you, as a patient, have the right to know
>> whether your doctor is experienced and safe enough to make you feel at
>> ease about the procedure. If you want to get really sneaky, schedule an
>> appointment (They usually mandate a 24 hour consideration period before
>> an abortion, but if not you can wig out and run after you learn the
>> doctor's name and ask a few questions.) Have the initial appointment to
>> say... "discuss your options and date the pregnancy" or something of
>> that nature, you may even want to schedule the abortion itself, (you can
>> always cancel if you find something you don't like) and then go home and
>> do your sleuthing. The information they're withholding from you may or
>> may not be legal, but if you don't want to hunt up a lawyer to question
>> on this matter, this is what i would do. Good luck.
>>
>> Erin
>>
>> I hope I haven't offended any doctors on this forum with my view on this
>> matter. I adore you all and your dedication to us and our endless
>> questions. Especially Dr. Marchbein. I think he answers more
>> questions than anyone else and I admire his wit and tact. There are
>> times that I'm surprized that he still answers my posts considering the
>> number of them I've been putting up lately! I just wanted to express my
>> distaste with that particular clinic's refusal to give her the name of
>> their doctors so she can do background checks. I think it's very
>> important to her health and peace of mind that she be confidant in her
>> doctor's abilities, and that a good doctor shouldn't have so much to
>> hide that he/she would deny a patient this courtesy. In fact, I hope
>> that many of you will share my feelings
>>
>> At Wed, 3 Nov 1999, erin wrote:
>> >
>> >I am having a problem with a Medical group that performs abortions. I
>> >want the name of the MD so I can check him/her out with the Medical
>> >Association. I refuse to have procedure with a MD that I don't know a
>> >lock about. So, is it legal for them to withold the MD's name from the
>> >patient?
>>
>> It's possible they rotate so that the nurses/staff honestly don't know
>who you'll get. It is also possible that with a definate date and time in
>hand, meaning an appointment, they will be able to tell you who will be
>there on that day.
>
>Donna
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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York
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