laurie wheeler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Other allied health care providers are physical therapists, occupational
> therapists, respiratory therapists, for example, and don't they work under
> a primary hcp and have "orders" to see the patient?
They certainly don't work only under "orders" here (and what
paternalistic and authoritarian overtones that term carries!).
Here in Australia I have been to physiotherapists, optometrists,
dentists, and podiatrists independently of any medical practitioner, no
referral, no "reporting back", and with insurance reimbursement; these
encounters included, at one point, inpatient surgery with no medical
practitioner involved.
Pharmacists, audiologists, OTs, osteopaths, massage therapists, and
speech therapists are all similarly independent practitioners. They may
take advice and referrals from medical practitioners at times, but
consults are also initiatied by clients, and any medical suggestions
(including prescriptions) can be rejected by the independent
practitioner where they feel they are not in the best interests of the
client. They are not "orders".
Lara Hopkins
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