For a doctor appointment tomorrow, I was requested to update my information and sign a care consent online. The first item of the consent said, "I understand that a patient's care is directed by his/her attending physician(s) and I consent to any hospital services that are appropriate for my care and as ordered by my physician(s)."
This physician seems pretty good, but what if she thinks vaccines, biologicals or gene therapy are appropriate for my care? She did ask me ONCE if I wanted the sars-cov-2 vaccination, pneumococcal vaccine, herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine and tetanus vaccine. She's also offered a mammogram and dxa scan, which I declined. If she had asked again, I would have found another practitioner.
I have serious trust issues with the (lack of) healthcare field. I will not sign this. The provider (hospital system) has sent it to me about 4 times in the last week.
I asked Chat GPT and it seems like just a general consent form, nothing to worry about. https://chatgpt.com/share/6a261d18-7280-83eb-914c-be7f97c524fe
These are standard consent forms that have been around forever The provider is covering their liability. Basically it means that if you cone in for treatment and they recommend a reasonable course of action, you can’t just turn around and sue them. If they are willing to hold you down and vax you against your will, I doubt they are concerned with consent forms in the first place. Maybe don’t seek medical care in a place where the staff looks like actors from Deliverance.