Betsy writes:

If each LC  is giving evidence based information which happens to  contradict 
the  physician (whose bogus information is wrong and therefor 
NOT evidence  based) the onus is on the PHYSICIAN to produce evidence to 
support his  information. What are some of you so afraid of in this case? 
~ I haven't heard anyone here express fear of speaking to another health  
care provider or that a physician would "yank their certification". What I  read 
in these posts is that our own licensing body is taking away this very  
ability that you describe, leaving us able to offer evidence-based information  only 
if it does not contradict what a HCP is saying. This puts us in conflict  
constantly with the aims of our own professional ethics, scope of practice and  
clinical competencies. The concern is that we are both being held to be  
competent and silent about our competency's information. What I read in these  posts 
is professional concern that our own body has revved us up, full of  good, 
solid information and skills,  and then thrown us in  neutral. As the S of P now 
reads, the onus is not on the physician to prove the  wrong information at 
all, because we are not allowed to provide any, within our  S of P.
In short, everyone will lose, especially the families who deserve the  
information,  and my certification would not be lost, but forfeited, by  me.
 
Peace,
Judy






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