tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352877448651935316.post7462949619686517849..comments2023-11-16T06:49:00.102-05:00Comments on Dr. Synonymous : Family Medicine: End of Lice to End of Life, We're There. What do You Think?A. Patrick Jonas, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935504320560038973noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352877448651935316.post-74014641312199786452011-04-02T12:08:08.193-04:002011-04-02T12:08:08.193-04:00Thank you for your kind words.
Administrative hel...Thank you for your kind words.<br /><br />Administrative help... I recall going back to work when my firstborn was six months old. I found a daycare just a couple blocks from my office; my employer was very flexible, allowing me to leave a couple times a day to go nurse my baby (the alternative being that I wouldn't return to work at all). The daycare was supposed to phone if the baby got WarmSockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352877448651935316.post-18345756779844105342011-03-27T12:52:03.498-04:002011-03-27T12:52:03.498-04:00WarmSocks, Thanks for your comments. The blog po...WarmSocks, Thanks for your comments. The blog post accurately depicts situations in daily family medicine offices. It's fun to ask the readers what they would do in these types of situations. Many would not be sensitive to the ethical boundaries of physicians. (Note the responses to stories from Wisconsin about off work notes given in the crowd outside the state capitol to protesting A. Patrick Jonas, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935504320560038973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352877448651935316.post-14561807179127296652011-03-27T11:46:50.618-04:002011-03-27T11:46:50.618-04:00The note for the school - I'm not sure that yo...The note for the school - I'm not sure that you can ethically claim someone is sick if you don't know that to be true. Years ago we had neighbors who often kept their elementary-age daughter home from school to take care of their baby because they (parents) were too hungover or stoned to take care of anyone. The child had so many absences that, legally, a doctor's note was required WarmSockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12192702662231361355noreply@blogger.com