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I'm betting that there's a whole lot more to this saga than is being told here and, given the information available, the OP should seek professional advice before heeding posters' admonitions to fire off written complaints to licensing departments and medical boards.
I'm betting that there's a whole lot more to this saga than is being told here and, given the information available, the OP should seek professional advice before heeding posters' admonitions to fire off written complaints to licensing departments and medical boards.
Maybe you are right, but he fired off a letter to her employer! Whether we are missing the bigger picture or not, the truth will come out and she needs to at least do the front end work to protect herself if she is being honest.
Maybe you are right, but he fired off a letter to her employer!
We have no clue as to the content of that letter and it could well have been a standard and perfectly legal form advisory to the employer simply noting that the employee was no longer eligible for service by that particular medical practice. There's no reason to assume that any reason for the decision to terminate service was either required or given.
If any mental health professional fired off a letter to my employer after terminating a business relationship with me I would absolutely be covering my arse with a letter describing the lack of care provided under treatment. If not for anything else, people need to know that this doctor wasn't doing his job.
These kinds on threads in a public internet forum are difficult to respond to because we have heard only one side of a story. So we are faced with the impossible task of deciding how credible to OP is. For all I know the OP might be 100% correct about everything she posted, and also, for all I know she might be twisting things around and giving us an inaccurate picture.
Our responses will be colored by our own life experiences. If we have experienced unsatisfactory treatment by an MD (whether family doc or specialist of any kind) then we will be more likely to be sympathetic. On the other hand if we have experienced having information distorted by a "twister" and the attendant frustration, then we will be more suspicious of the poster. Personally, I had a mother who was a "twister" of the highest order, so I tend to be a little suspicious of hearing only one side of a story. While that may be unfair to the poster in a given case, it is what it is.
The treatment faux-pas was not going to the hospital. The doc has the option to pull the plug on the therapeutic relationship because of the noted egregious non-compliance. Suicidal thoughts need to be clarified and you didn't get them clarified. No provider wants that liability. If this patient had a history of psychiatric difficulties, it is not uncommon for the doc to ask about meds, dosage, etc. Many providers have extensive intake documents and their completion makes it clear what the needs are. Psychiatry is about giving meds to address symptoms, not necessarily about doing 'talk' therapy.
This was already a 'bad' doc (OP's opinion) and the OP wants to get back to the practice. The office likely knows about the non-compliance and no doc in that office would take the OP. The OP will have to find another practitioner out of the area and pay out of pocket. There are clauses helping professionals have with some businesses (part of the contract with the provider and typically when it is a network association) that allows them to inform the business of the liability with patients who are non-compliant.
For the OP: just find another provider, someone who may listen to you, manage your symptoms appropriately with meds, and put you on a better course. This isn't abandonment. It is common practice to be given 30 days meds and told to find someone else when a patient otherwise doesn't follow orders. You didn't follow the order to be evaluated for suicide at the hospital. End of story.
If any mental health professional fired off a letter to my employer after terminating a business relationship with me I would absolutely be covering my arse with a letter describing the lack of care provided under treatment. If not for anything else, people need to know that this doctor wasn't doing his job.
There's a lot missing from this story. Too many absent factors but yes you can be dismissed for noncompliance. Many doctors don't do it because of a sense of obligation, etc, but it can be done.
If any mental health professional fired off a letter to my employer after terminating a business relationship with me I would absolutely be covering my arse with a letter describing the lack of care provided under treatment. If not for anything else, people need to know that this doctor wasn't doing his job.
Given the information we have been presented ~ I tend to agree.
I also agree that I most certainly would never treat with this provider again. Do not treat with a doctor that doesn't want to treat you. It could be very dangerous for your health. CYA with your employer though - definitely do that!
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