“It was a power trip for the doctor.”
My father had given written and verbal instructions that he wasn’t to get extreme medical care. Despite this, as each family member showed up the doctor pressed them to sign papers to give our now unconscious father an arterial stent. None of the visitors had any power of attorney. Each of them had spoken with dad and knew his wishes. The doctor withdrew the intravenous liquid and sounded and looked like a petulant child when he said, “Well, if you won’t authorize my treatment, he can’t have liquids either.” There was a childish head-wiggle that went with this statement. I was astonished an adult would sound and act like this.
Fortunately, dad died before suffering more under this man’s “care.”
When you go into the hospital, your primary doctor is no longer involved in your care. When we told the primary what had happened, she said she would have intervened. She was aware that the hospital’s doctor was, in her words, “a real prick.” I guess hospitals have to keep people like that because there appears to be a shortage of doctors. At what point, though, is the doctor’s behavior criminal?
[[ There was a childish head-wiggle that went with this statement. I was astonished an adult would sound and act like this]]
I have seen a myriad of doctors over decades, and almost all are fine doctors who listen and aren’t threatened by a patient who has researched their disease and is asking questions, however, there have been numerous doctors who got really bent out of shape and treated me like crap for not putting trust in them unquestioningly -
It is astonishing when confronted with medical professionals who act like that, but there do seem to be a number who act that way.
He must have been trying to pay off his second vacation home.
At what point, though, is the doctor’s behavior criminal?
Criminal, I don’t know, But you could certainly file a complaint with the state medical board. The doctors actions would at least be unethical.
My friend is a nurse...30 years. She says the US medical system is a s*&t show.
I didn’t argue