"Firing" may have been a poor choice of words. Any physician can send a patient a letter informing that person that the MD (or practice) can no longer provide care for that person. Because this particular patient had been so difficult and confrontational during her prenatal (and post partum care)and was unwilling to go along with the guidelines the practice felt were necessary for the safe care of her and the baby, and because this person gave all the physicians and CNM's in that group a hard time and because she had been so difficult for all of us nurses to care for, the practice finished her PP visit and wrote her a letter telling her that they would no longer care for her and that she would have to find a new physician(s). Around here, if a patient is non-compliant, a physician has the right to terminate care. I guess the point might be that both the medical professional and the client are accountable. Betsy Riedel RNC, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html