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I think even if he refused to stop smoking its nothing to do with the doctor and he should just give him his prescription and thats that.

That is very smurffy of the Dr. Even in the end he did write a script for insulin that is VERY wrong to refuse to supply a script for medication someone *needs*
I wouldn't want to see that dr anymore.
My dr often asks me if I would like patches or gum to quit smoking, I decline. He's never once got pissed at me about it. I believe it's protocol (policy?) to offer quit smoking products over a certain time frame.

Personally I think the doctor is wrong.

But if I were John I wouldn't want to see a doctor that tried to push anti-depressants on me either, and would probably start looking for a new doctor anyway.

id say that doctor is wrong but with an attidude like that i personally wouldnt want to see that doctor again anyway.

Quoting [♥]Mrs. Morgan:" Personally I think the doctor is wrong. But if I were John I wouldn't want to see a doctor that tried to push anti-depressants on me either, and would probably start looking for a new doctor anyway."

The doctor didn't even tell him it was an anti-depressant. He looked it up online and found out it was one.

The doctor is soooo wrong. Sounds like he has some issues. I wouldn't want to see a doctor like that

Quoting hobbit*:" That is very smurffy of the Dr. Even in the end he did write a script for insulin that is VERY wrong to ... [snip!] ... once got pissed at me about it. I believe it's protocol (policy?) to offer quit smoking products over a certain time frame."

Yeah, I wonder if it's illegal or if he would get in trouble for refusing the insulin script. Because he was so set on "get out and find someone else to get your insulin script, don't come back to me again" until he realised it was late in the day and he probably wouldn't get into another doctor that day for it.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Blah:</b>" Yeah, I wonder if it's illegal or if he would get in trouble for refusing the insulin script. Because ... [snip!] ... back to me again" until he realised it was late in the day and he probably wouldn't get into another doctor that day for it. "</blockquote>



Not cool. Not cool at all! Ethically appalling denying someone meds because you're a bit pissy at your patients decision.

The way the doc went about it is wrong but he does have the right to refuse to see him.
The insurance companies tell doctors what to recommended to the patients such as mamoghrams, stop smoking, etc to try to eliminate extra cost. the doctor can get in "trouble" if the patient doesn't listen to his recommandations.

The doctor can refuse him and more and more are doing it to patients. It has to do with liability. There are so many things that go wrong with diabetes and when you add smoking the risks increase. That doctor is just covering his ass

A doctors office ia a business, just like a starbucks or walmart. They cen refuse to see any patient, at any time, for any reason.

That being said, the doc sounds like an ass that I wouldn't want to see anyway.

I've heard of a pain management doctor in my area refusing to treat smokers. Even goes so far as to give nicotine tests. Crazy, I think. But pain management can be considered not necessarily necessary, ya know. Like you won't die without pain meds. But you WILL die without insulin.
I don't think johns doctor was justified at all. Lots of people drink, smoke, do drugs. Doesn't mean that should interfere with treatment for legitimate medical conditions. If John drank everyday and didn't tell his doctor, that'd be a hundred times worse for his diabetes.
Plus, John was trying to quit. In fact, that's the only reason he brought it up to the doc. Sounds like his doc is the type to just shove pills down patients' throats, whether they like it or not. I'm fairly sure that doctors are within their rights to dismiss a patient for any reason.
But doing so because John wouldn't take a med known to cause side effects is...unethical. There has to be a line drawn between the doctors personal feelings and professionalism.

Sounds like the doctor was a bit of a jerk. Not sure how legal it is to refuse to give the insulin prescription, but I know it's legal to turn away patients who don't take medical advice. However, forcing antidepressants without explaining the drug to the patient is very irresponsible on the doctor's part. I wouldn't have taken them either! I'm sure the doctor could have covered himself by having the patient sign something about not consenting to the doctor's recommendation, if that was really his concern.

The doctor was wrong,but the doctor didn't break any laws by refusing to see him anymore. With that said he just needs to find another doctor.