In article <[log in to unmask]>, Joe Gallagher
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>A patient who I know quite well and with whom I have(had) a very good
>rapport with, _walked_ into my surgery recently and asked me to
>complete a form which would entitle her to a new E.U. disability parking
>disc which needs the signature of a doc and a cop.
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>She does indeed suffer from chronic debilitating back pain but the
>criteria asked if she was "wholly or almost wholly without the use of
>one leg and ditto the other"(paraphrase)
>I looked at her and the form and refused to sign. She took it quite
>well when I explained my rationale but as she left I knew our 4 year D/P
>relationship which was good was badly damaged by this one exchange.
>(a) Why do I feel bad? Well I can work this out all right but what I
>can't is....
>(b)Why did she ask me to sign it ? More generally why do patients
>,sometimes casually ,ask you to collude in a venture which if you
>participate they will almost certainly have less respect for you. Would
>anyone just sign the form for an easy life and " preserve " the
>relationship? I know in the past I have done this. It must be she got
>me on a rectidude day.
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When this has happened to me in the past I have asked the patient if
they have informed the Vehicle and Driver Licensing Authority of their
disability, they never have. When I offered to write to the VDLA on
their behalf they usually decided not to proceed with the application.
--
Robert Haworth
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