I recenlty went to the doctor and a posting on the door inside the patient room state that there will be 30 min limit so if patient need to ask more questions they need to set up another appointment with the doctor. This never happened 10 years ago but now i see it all over. Is it wrong or illegal to do that. thanks.
2007-04-23 08:54:43 · 11 answers · asked by dss . 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Depends on what you mean by "illegal."
I don't see how so many people who don't seem to write like lawyers are so certain that it is not illegal.
If you mean is it a crime, it is probably not, BUT this question would take some research and MORE FACTS would need to be known. It seems you could dream up some circumstances where it might be a crime: You are in the office havingb a hear attack and at then end of 30 minutes, the doctor leaes the examination room and goes into another examination room to see another patient. THAT might be a crime!
What if you are only bleeding but not actually dying? Still might be a crime if a doctor starts to help you and then quits after 30 minutes.
Even if not a crime, it might be a civil wrong, called a tort (for which you can sue for money as damages or as a penalty or both), for a doctor to "abandon" a patient during treatment.
It might be a civil wrong or a tort for a doctor to accept patients who rely on being scheduled for treatment (and thus they don't seek treatment elsewhere) but get incomplete treatment because of the time limit.
A good lawyer can find something to sue pretty much any doctor for.
AND, there are all kinds of ethics rules for doctors and other rules, and specific laws, and on and on, regulating how doctors conduct their business (which they euphemistically call a "practice").
It is quite possible that this rule, especially if not announced in advance, violates some rule. There are penalties for rules violations.
Also, it seems it could violae the basic rle that doctors must perform their duties with a certain level of care. A rushed doctor is volating that rule.
IN my opinion, pretty much all doctors are breaking some law all the time because they are so (1) rushed and (2) sleep deprived and (3) over-confident that they don't check all possibilities. I can tell you that if a lawyer did his or her job they way pretty much all doctors do theirs, the lawyer would be fired and sued in an instant. When was the last time you asked a lawyer a question and he resonded by saying "X is definitely the answer"? Never. Lawyers will never answer anythng without doing thoorogh research first. Doctors anyswer EVERYTHING OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS. If they turn out later to be wrong, they say oh well, sorry to wast your time or cause your death, but it's not my fault.
Doctors blame lawyers for lawsuits, but EVERY SINGLE judgement that ANY doctor ever had to pay was set by JURY OF ORDINARY FOLKS, not by lawyers.
Doctors should blame their own laziness and sloppiness for the money they have to pay in high malpractice insurance rates.
I wouldn't hire a doctor to sweep the friggin floor! Because I know it would not be done right, I'd still have to do it myself, and I'd still have topay the doctor for the lousy job or he'd report me to the credit bureau!
2007-04-23 09:30:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-17 06:43:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the doctors business, they can run it anyway they want I guess? This is being driven by the insurance companies. For the dr. to make any $ they have to see as many patients as possible. If they get $35/office visit (what insurance pays) and they spend an hour with a patient. $35 hr x 8 hrs = $280 x 5 days = $1400/week x 50 weeks = $70K year.
Dr. has to pay office staff, malpractice insurance (which costs $100K+/year), plus pay huge school loans........
Being a Dr. these days is like being a waitress. Your income is dependent on turns. For a waitress it's turning tables, for a Dr. it's seeing the maximum number of patients in the least amount of time.
2007-04-23 09:14:55 · answer #3 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you must be in a PPO or HMO where patients are treated as cattle. This is what we can all expect with Universal Health Care but it will not be 30 minutes, more likely 10 and 15 minutes will be stretching it. These doctors are paid on the number of patients they can see in a day. They have a quota to meet. That is more important than the person they are treating.
2007-04-23 08:59:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No I don't believe it is illegal. And think yourself lucky, at my doctors it is only 20 minutes. The reason for this is to deal with the greater numbers of people visiting the doctor now than in the past.
2007-04-23 09:02:46 · answer #5 · answered by dawn h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not. In fact, insurance companies figure on EIGHT minutes per visit. If you've been seeing the same doctor for a long time it's doubtful they would enforce that. My pain managment doctor and I regularly spend 30 -45 minutes per visit. It just depends on the doctor.
2007-04-23 09:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
UNETHICAL, BUT NOT ILLEGAL. RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN. FIND ANOTHER DOCTOR. BEFORE YOU DO, TAKE A PICTURE OF THE POSTING, CALL THE AMA (AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION)!!! SEND A FORMAL COMPLAINT AND A COPY OF THE PHOTOGRAPH. YOUR DOCTOR SHOULD NOT SET TIME LIMITS, WALK OUT ON YOU AS YOU ARE SPEAKING, "RUSHING YOU", ETC. WHETHER OR NOT A DOCTOR HAS A BEDSIDE MANNER OR NOT, HOW ON EARTH IS THE DOCTOR SUPPOSE TO DIAGNOSE YOU WITHOUT "LISTENING TO THE PATIENT"!
2007-04-23 09:04:54 · answer #7 · answered by brxny2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. A doctor has the right to limit visits anyway he wants to. Of course, if someone wants to ask a serious question and time's up and the person dies before s/he gets to ask it, he could have major liability issues.
2007-04-23 08:59:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds a bit wrong, but no it's not illegal. At least this way he won't keep people waiting too long. But I think it's a blatant way to try to make more money, and it will probably backfire on him in the long run unless he's the only doctor in town.
2007-04-23 08:58:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not illegal just a poor doctor.
2007-04-23 09:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋