If I have to deal with another rude ass doctor, I swear to god.
I wrote a letter to a doctor on behalf of my client because the doctor was denying medical care due to a psychiatric condition that has been well under control for years. I explained in DETAIL that I specialize in working with clients with this medical condition and that many of them also have the psychiatric condition they were concerned about. I explained that the condition was now under control, but that I'd be happy to create a safety plan with the doctor to ensure the client's psychiatric safety while receiving care. This letter was approved by my clinical supervisor, a board representing me, and the client before being sent to the doctor. The doctor fully disregarded everything I said, implied that I'd insulted them, said that I'd said they didn't know how to do their job, and then pulled rank on me. As if I haven't spent my whole career working with clients who are EXACTLY like this client. I asked to collaborate with them and they treated me as if I had no idea what I was talking about.
Anyone have tips for helping talk a doctor back down? Any wacky and wild tips to keep doctors from behaving badly?
EDIT:
Because yall keep assuming things and I’m tired:
-I did not request a specific treatment or tell the doctor how to prescribe. I asked the doctor if they’d be willing to help the client in any way (including seeing the client at all, which they denied) if I could create a satisfactory safety plan. Which, by the way, the client doesn’t need because they’ve been in remission from the psychiatric condition for years and it was mild to start. Some doctors just won’t even consider talking to a patient if they have a single psychiatric condition on file.
-This letter was approved BY MY BOARD. My board would NOT have approved the contents of this letter had the letter been overstepping into the doctor’s territory or suggesting something outside my scope.
-You don’t know what kind of degree I have. Please don’t drag me into your weird debates.