[Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10

[Margo]

Funny, my thought was that a Vet would be LESS likely to try anything even slightly out of the norm with a potentially litigious client. That they would go strictly "by the book" in order to be able to defend what they did, should here be a problem.

But then, there are Vets and there are VETS. "My" Vet has her last day at the practice Friday for maternity leave, and won't be back until January. I have no idea what I'll do. She says she'll be available by phone and email, but I have my doubts. Although I DO think she'll be bored ;)

Margo

-----Original Message-----
>From: ROBERT CHAPEL <bchapel at optonline.net>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2016 9:03 PM
>To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 10
>
>Amani...
>I don't know how things work in Canada but I KNOW that were I a lawyer I 
>would get more cooperation from my vet....  As Vets begin to charge more 
>and more and large corporations begin to buy up small practices here in 
>the states the model is now moving toward the downside of human 
>medicine.... discrete scheduling time periods to maximize profits...  
>little time to " discuss" options and an aversion to moving on to topics 
>that could cause spending extra time.....  As prices rise so do  owner 
>resentments at not being " cared about" or listened to just as in human 
>medicine..... and that( at least in the US) is when lawsuits are most 
>likely to be filed.... Most of us can forgive a vet making a mistake 
>when we feel he/she has put real thought and concern into a Tx plan but 
>putting our pets at risk because an alteration in plan causes him to 
>have to step outside his comfort zone( and spend some extra time 
>thinking) or simply doesn't appear to care.. That doesn't fly when we 
>are paying Hundreds of dollars to save our precious pets..
>Malpractice lawyer pet owners ( or patients in human medicine) are 
>likely surreptitiously treated with great care when moving through 
>waters fraught with potential for terminal errors..... and likely get a 
>bit more cooperation from their vets...   I am glad for your cats that 
>you ARE in the profession that you now are...
>So... it is , in my opinion, both good fortune and a dose of deferential 
>caution that gets you the kind of cooperation you get from your 
>vet????   Yeah.... I'm pretty jaded at this point  : )   That is why I 
>HAD to retire a bit early....
>
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