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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am hearing this is becoming an issue. It seems a Dr can refuse to see a patient if the patient is deemed annoying (by asking questions) or for no reason at all. 
Until recently I have never heard of this and I have heard this multiple times. In some cases the patient is on Medicare. How can this be suddenly happening? 
Is it legal and what is the driving force? [/quote]

OP I am not a doctor but a healthcare professional who works with a variety of patients.

I “fire” patients all the time for non-compliance. I am not there to validate their own perspective about their health. If they don’t agree with my approach and take action to implement I’m not interested in working with them. [/quote]

Stop playing and come down off that cross![/quote]

The pp is correct. Doctors are autonomous professionals any are not required to take on any and everyone unless they are working in an ER.

A lawyer doesn’t have to take or keep your case, a contractor doesn’t have to do your job. Neither does a doctor if they think you can’t work productively together.

You’re not entitled to treat a professional poorly and still demand they serve you or do business with you. Perspectives may differ but unless you can prove it is discrimination against a protected class, you are free to find another doctor.[/quote]

Deciding to not follow a doctor’s advice is not “treating them poorly.” They give advice; the patient decides whether to take it or not. The doctor is not the boss or God.

I personally would not keep seeing a doctor whose advice I frequently disagreed with, but we don’t know the whole situation. I’m guessing the “medical professional” here is a chiropractor or similar.[/quote]

If I, as a doctor, prescribe a diagnostic workup and the patient disagrees with it and won’t complete it- yes, I will likely terminate the relationship. It is a huge liability to me to have a patient with, say, worsening chronic morning headaches who won’t get a head CT. (This is just one very simplified example- that’s never actually happened- but it’s the general idea). It also indicates that they don’t trust my judgment, which means I’m not going to be able to help them. So they’d do better going elsewhere which is fine. It’s not a punishment or an ego trip to decline to keep a patient on my panel. It’s CYA, and it’s also so neither of us is wasting the other persons time. [/quote]

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