Comments on: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/08/response-from-nh-board-of-medicine-in.html medical blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:06:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vicki http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/08/response-from-nh-board-of-medicine-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-54855 Vicki Mon, 29 Aug 2005 04:06:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/08/18806.html#comment-54855 Anonymous: I stand corrected, and I appreciate it. She has not, as far as I know, filed suit; she has filed a complaint that an attorney general has dignified with an "investigation" of some sort. Shameful, both of them. Anonymous: I stand corrected, and I appreciate it. She has not, as far as I know, filed suit; she has filed a complaint that an attorney general has dignified with an “investigation” of some sort. Shameful, both of them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/08/response-from-nh-board-of-medicine-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-54852 Anonymous Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:45:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/08/18806.html#comment-54852 I don't think she's suing. I'm not a lawyer but I don't think even in our screwed up tort system Mark Lanier would be able to squeeze any money out of this. No tort occured. I don’t think she’s suing. I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think even in our screwed up tort system Mark Lanier would be able to squeeze any money out of this. No tort occured.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/08/response-from-nh-board-of-medicine-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-54849 Vicki Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:41:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/08/18806.html#comment-54849 I'm not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. I am a patient of nearly 60 years. I expect my doctors to (1) listen to what I say about my symptoms, how I'm feeling, and even what I think, the operative word being "think" and not "know"; and (2) tell me what they know, think, have a hunch about, want to do about what I've said and anything they determine on examination. If I ever become obese, I expect to have heard, already, that I needed to lose weight. In fact, I am 10 lbs. heavier than I want to be, although I think I'm still okay on the charts. My doctor and I have already had a conversation about my weight and how to keep from getting fat.<br/><br/>IMO, the woman who is suing Dr. Bennett is swimming in the river of denial and victimization. The medical board is collectively nuts for dignifying her complaint. I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. I am a patient of nearly 60 years. I expect my doctors to (1) listen to what I say about my symptoms, how I’m feeling, and even what I think, the operative word being “think” and not “know”; and (2) tell me what they know, think, have a hunch about, want to do about what I’ve said and anything they determine on examination. If I ever become obese, I expect to have heard, already, that I needed to lose weight. In fact, I am 10 lbs. heavier than I want to be, although I think I’m still okay on the charts. My doctor and I have already had a conversation about my weight and how to keep from getting fat.

IMO, the woman who is suing Dr. Bennett is swimming in the river of denial and victimization. The medical board is collectively nuts for dignifying her complaint.

]]> By: Maurice Bernstein, M.D. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2005/08/response-from-nh-board-of-medicine-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-54837 Maurice Bernstein, M.D. Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:21:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2005/08/18806.html#comment-54837 How the physician tells the patient the truth should be between the physician and the patient. There are no established standards of communication since there is no standardized patient in terms of education, personality, morality and and motivation to participate in treatment. And there are no standardized physicians. If the physician's approach to telling the truth is unacceptable to the patient, the patient should leave. The physician should not be persecuted or prosecuted for what he or she said. I am afraid that if other state boards take on the same issue of how communication for the benefit of the patient is handled, there will be a chilling effect and physicians will avoid necessary communication. <br/><br/>While I agree there are some physicians who should be educated and penalized because of gross unprofessional behavior. The case of Dr. Bennett, at least based on what has been published, does not fall into that category. ..Maurice. How the physician tells the patient the truth should be between the physician and the patient. There are no established standards of communication since there is no standardized patient in terms of education, personality, morality and and motivation to participate in treatment. And there are no standardized physicians. If the physician’s approach to telling the truth is unacceptable to the patient, the patient should leave. The physician should not be persecuted or prosecuted for what he or she said. I am afraid that if other state boards take on the same issue of how communication for the benefit of the patient is handled, there will be a chilling effect and physicians will avoid necessary communication.

While I agree there are some physicians who should be educated and penalized because of gross unprofessional behavior. The case of Dr. Bennett, at least based on what has been published, does not fall into that category. ..Maurice.

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