Hi, Guest
10-02-2010, 11:10 AM
Not to defend either case here but there are two sides to the story
In DP's case, DP is asking a doctor who has never seen him before, let alone treated him, to accurately diagnose a reaction to medication while halfway around the world. Sure the doctor (hopefully) has access to the patient chart, but had the doctor screwed up and something horrible happened as a result of this phone diagnosis, then the doctor's ass could have been sued into next week.
What should happen in a case like that? Should the doctor make a "best guess"? That's really a rock and a hard place I think for a doctor
As to case #2, at the very least they could have found you a proper referral NOS, telling you "we can't help you, go away" was the height of unprofessional behaviour and if I were you that would have been grounds for a complaint to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
They saw you. they saw the distress, it ain't rocket science at that point.
NefCanuck
In DP's case, DP is asking a doctor who has never seen him before, let alone treated him, to accurately diagnose a reaction to medication while halfway around the world. Sure the doctor (hopefully) has access to the patient chart, but had the doctor screwed up and something horrible happened as a result of this phone diagnosis, then the doctor's ass could have been sued into next week.
What should happen in a case like that? Should the doctor make a "best guess"? That's really a rock and a hard place I think for a doctor
As to case #2, at the very least they could have found you a proper referral NOS, telling you "we can't help you, go away" was the height of unprofessional behaviour and if I were you that would have been grounds for a complaint to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
They saw you. they saw the distress, it ain't rocket science at that point.
NefCanuck