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CAN PHYSICIANS GET INVOLVED WITH PATIENTS? Not without first terminating the doctor-patient relationship!
IN JANUARY OF 2005, DR. WILLIAM COLLIE, IV BEGAN TREATING B.B., A MINOR WHO SUFFERED FROM AUTISM.
Later that month, he also began treating B.B.'s mother, S.B.C., who reported feeling Stress and anxiety resulting from her role as B. B.'s primary care giver, as well as from her position as a nursing director at Saline Memorial Hospital. In treating S.B.C., Dr. Collie prescribed medications and provided counseling related to her anxiety. According to Dr. Collie, he last treated S.B.C. on May 4, 2005, and their doctor-patient relationship was officially terminated on May 17, 2005, when Dr. Collie sent a letter transferring her care to her primary-care physician. According to S.B.C., she stopped seeing Dr. Collie because she could no longer afford to pay him, as his...
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