doctors consent help

RE: doctors consent help

Hi Ruth,

The G.P. may have possibly denied you permission to treat his patient because he may have limited knowledge of what it involves. You could try and contact him again with details of what the treatment involves and the benefits.

I am a reflexologist and currently treat a lady who has high blood pressure. She is also on drugs and is stable, in fact, her blood pressure has come down slightly since we started treatments. It was her G.P. who actually suggested that she see a reflexologist, as she was very stressed, which was adding to her problems. You will find thatsome G.P's do not knowenough about the different therapies available and how they can benefit their patients.

I had a client recently who came to me with insomnia. She had beenprescribed sleeping tablets from her doctor (which she was unhappy about) and decided to try Reflexology to see if it would help. After a few months of treatments her sleeping patterns had improved dramatically. She mentioned this to her doctor who told her that he didn't believethat complementary therapies made any difference to a patients wellbeing and that she had wasted her money. My client was very upset by this and has since switched to a different G.P. (a G.P. who is alot more open to the different kinds of therpaies available) and she no longer needs sleeping pills to aid restfull sleep.
Sorry if i have waffled on a bit, i just wanted to illistrate the fact that sometimes its just down to the attitude of the G.P. treating your client.

(Don't mean to offend any G.P's out there.............i know most of you are supportive of different therapies and encourage your patients when they show an interest.)

Hope this helps

:)Kate

RE: doctors consent help

hi
thanks for your quick respose! i did include with the letter a leaflet including all the benefits of treatment but the gp just stated ' the prevision of the treatment is entirely the responsibilty of the practioner' I am finding this really frustrating as the gentlemans wife was having treatments and these have now ceased due to her husband not being able to recieve them! help any ideas?
Ruth x

RE: doctors consent help

Hi Ruth

Do you seriously think that IHM will affect the blood pressure to the extent that it is going to cause harm to this person?

If you do then by all means do not treat, as the Dr said it is the practitioners responsibility to asses their own patients and decide what is and is not right for them to treat, with more serious conditions that might be possibly life threatening you will get a better response froma Dr.

RE: doctors consent help

Hello again Ruth,

Like Paul said, i doubt that HBP is a contra-indication in IHM. If your client really wants to go ahead with the treatments then you could ask him to sign a disclaimer form before you go ahead.

Just an idea, but at the end of the day its up to you. If you feel comfortable treating him, then i would say go for it!

Good Luck
Kate:)

RE: doctors consent help

hi
and thanks kate and paul for your replies and advice it is greatly appriciated as a newly qualified practioner its good to know you can rely on other more experienced ones for advice!
thanks again 😉
Ruth x

RE: doctors consent help

Hi there,
you will find that most doctors will refuse to give written consent for any type of holistic therapy. If a GP gives his written consent, in essense he is giving you the right to take over his job and treat HIS patient, and therefore if you cause damage it is him that gets into trouble. If a GP is aware of the treatment he will generally just say yes or no, however most are not aware of what holistic treatments consist of.

As long as you are aware that the clients problem is not contraindicated, then you will be fine with a disclaimer, however, if it is contraindicated, you shouldnt treat, with or without GP consent.

(used the masculine for GP to save time)