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Pediatrician Horror Story Involving a Parent Asking a Question about the MMR
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Anonymous
| I find it hard to believe that this doctor could have such an over the top reaction "unprovoked". Something is missing in this story. |
Anonymous
OMG. Are you kidding me? If you don't have any good advice then why do you post anything at all? Just to start shit? |
Anonymous
| OP here, No, nothings missing. That's why I posted precisely because it was so unprovoked, and so out of the blue. |
Anonymous
While I agree that there are often two sides to every story, How many a hole doctors have you dealt with in your life? I have unfortunately met with some real doozies. I'll take the mom and poster's story at its word. Besides, at least one other poster echoed a similar experience. OP, I have used two practices so far that had no problem with me spacing out vaccines. NOVA peds in Springfield VA and Advanced peds in Vienna. The good docs are out there. |
Anonymous
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The DC Medical Board would care about this. There was another post on the expecting mom forum about a doctor inappropriately terminating her for asking questions. This is abandonment and it is regulated. Doctors have to follow a process and have a valid reason to "fire" their patients. They can face serious legal liability and licensing penalities for doing this. It is also considered unethical practice.
Here is a link to the DC Board's info on a doctor terminating patient http://newsroom.dc.gov/file.aspx/release/9522/bom062006.pdf. All she has to do is file a complaint. Falsifying a medical record is another issue that the board should know about and investigate. |
Anonymous
| Since we are hearing this third hand, I think there is some I I think there is data missing. There is a difference between the immunization form and the daycare/school form. The immunization form only lists the immunizations and the dates they were administered. It sounds to me like your friend asked the doc to sign the school / daycare form. In which case the doc is correct to not sign a form stating that the immunizations are up to date according to the CDC schedule. Sounds to me like there was a mid- communi ation and the doc thought your friend was asking him to lie on the form. |
Anonymous
| PP here sorry for the typos but I doing this from my iPod. |
Anonymous
| OP here, I heard this first hand and there were no miscommunications. The doctor "checked "YES" all immunizations are up to date, prior to this phone call. There was no asking to lie. In fact, my friend said, "Why don't you write on there that according to your standards she is not up to date on MMR." My friend gave every chance for the doctor to be reasonable. No, she never asked them to lie. That would be outrageous on the patients part. |
Anonymous
Why are you trying to make excuses for this doctor? There is no excuse for what he has done. It is the right of the parent to delay the MMR shot. My peditrician was very understanding of my concerns and worked with me to come up with a very reasonable vaccination schedule. Doctors are there to answer your questions and to address any concerns that you have regarding your health or your child's health, not to go off on you and "ban" you from returning to their practice. I for one would be outraged if this happened to me and you can bet your ass I would be all over the internet spreading the word as well as writing to whomever I could to let them know that this was happening. She has every right in the world to right to her insurance company, medical board, and the doctors office. He cannot go back and change a form to state that the child has not recieved her vaccinations, the only thing he can do is state that she has not had her MMR, stating anything else would be a lie.. OP- Your friend has done nothing wrong. Don't let the evil little worms like the PP discourage your friend from taking action. I am 100% certain that other mothers and fathers would love to know who this jerk is and not bring their precious babies there to see him. The doctor is the one that is wrong here. |
Anonymous
| OP -- for you to have first hand knowledge of the incident, you would have had to been present and have heard both what your friend and the doctor was saying. Since your friend described the incident to you -- you have second hand knowlege. You are now posting the story here, which now makes it third hand knowledge. |
Anonymous
| Whatever -- I heard it Firsthand. That's what I meant. I'm not logging onto the board to do creative writing. I have other outlets for that! |
Anonymous
| I was thrown out a practice after a MD went crazy because I asked to delay a vaccine for an underweight baby. It was horrifying. This mom ought to report the doctor by name. If this story is accurate, the doctor's behavior is unprofessional and inexcusable. |
Anonymous
Ummm, there is no "yes" or "no" checklist. The doctor just inserts the dates of the vaccinations. |
Anonymous
If the doctor signed the form because she believed the child would be coming in immediately for the MMR, then changed it when the parent said no, we want to wait, it is not fraudulant. |
Anonymous
right, or if the doctor thought that the new patient was "up to date" meaning that the child had the shot at 12 months, when many (and that practice) do, then changing the form to reflect the fact that the child did not, in fact, have the shot is not fraudulent. rather than call everyone in the universe, i would recommend that your friend call the doctor back and reasonably and logically explain why the conversation was so offensive to her. give the doc an opportunity to correct the problem. if that doesn't happen, then go up the ladder at the practice first. |