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    Default Re: Dentist Refused to Treat Me & Left Me Suffering!

    I'll restate my point.

    The dentist is not obligated to treat you. Where are medical circumstances where a doctor has an obligation to treat, those circumstances do not appear to apply here. Because he has no such obligation, you do not have any obvious grounds for a suit.

    However, if you believe there is a law or other legal obligation that is being overlooked and which would have forced the dentist to treat you no matter what the circumstances, please state that law.

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    However, if you believe there is a law or other legal obligation that is being overlooked and which would have forced the dentist to treat you no matter what the circumstances, please state that law.
    How would I state that law if I'm not a lawyer but asking for legal advice?

    So according to you its ok for a doc to turn you away even if youre dying and need his help to live just cuz he didnt like that you snickered???

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    A hormone imbalance is not a disability.
    Never said it was. Youre not reading my thread right.

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    So according to you its ok for a doc to turn you away even if youre dying and need his help to live just cuz he didnt like that you snickered???
    First, there is a difference between "ok" and "legal". One can argue whether he had a moral obligation to treat you even if you were acting like a jerk. It appears that no one can (effectively) argue that had every LEGAL right to deny treatment.

    The law pretty much everywhere says you cannot be denied EMERGENCY treatment in an Emergency room (i.e. a hospital). But, most hospitals do not have dental surgeons on call or even on staff, and most dental procedures are not going to rise to the level of a medical necessity (i.e. an emergency).

    The ADA does not apply. Read up on it.

    You are free to hire an attorney to review the facts for you and tell you whether you have a case or not, and how many (tens of) thousands of dollars it might cost you to just step up to the plate.

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    Default Re: Dentist Refused to Treat Me & Left Me Suffering!

    Devin, here is a little info added to what Carl said. Dentistry is a separate branch of science, as dentist's are not Physicians.

    https://www.injuryclaimcoach.com/treatment-denial.html

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    So according to you its ok for a doc to turn you away even if youre dying and need his help to live just cuz he didnt like that you snickered???

    But that's not what happened, is it? It wasn't a doctor; it was a dentist. And you weren't dying. And what he didn't like was that you refused additional xrays which he believed were necessary. So that's a meaningless comparison. And it's not what I said.

    I'll save you the trouble of looking. There IS no law that obligates the dentist to treat you in this situation.

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    Default Re: Dentist Refused to Treat Me & Left Me Suffering!

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    Devin, here is a little info added to what Carl said. Dentistry is a separate branch of science, as dentist's are not Physicians.
    You make 0 sense. Dont reply here again please

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    So according to you its ok for a doc to turn you away even if youre dying and need his help to live just cuz he didnt like that you snickered???

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    It doesnt matter if i was dying or not. Thats an an exaggeration to make a point. I was in pain that i endured for a long while.

    There IS no law that obligates the dentist to treat you in this situation.
    Uhh I dont know the law but I can say youre WRONG. Youre gonna tell me a doc can refuse to treat someone in pain. You dont know the law at all.

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    Uhh I dont know the law but I can say youre WRONG. Youre gonna tell me a doc can refuse to treat someone in pain. You dont know the law at all.
    Please enlighten us by posting the law you think requires dentists to treat someone in pain.

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    I'll save you the trouble of looking. There IS no law that obligates the dentist to treat you in this situation.
    Uhh I dont know the law but I can say youre WRONG. Youre gonna tell me a doc can refuse to treat someone in pain. You dont know the law at all.
    What a phenomenally stupid statement.

    You ADMIT that you "dont [sic] know the law" but then purport to disagree with one of the numerous posters who have told you that no law obligated the dentist to treat you in the situation you described. If you "dont [sic] know the law," what is your basis for disagreeing? The only way you can intelligently disagree is if you know of a law that says otherwise, so please cite the law that you think would require treatment.

    And yes, in most case, "a doc[tor] [or dentist] can [and legally may] refuse to treat someone" (regardless of how much pain that person might be in).

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    I have invited you several times now to post a link to the law you believe was violated. I'm still waiting.

    Consider that perhaps it's not that I don't know the law, but that you are wrong about what the law provides. Surely if there were a law that obligated the dentist to treat anyone in pain, someone would have posted it by now.

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    How would I state that law if I'm not a lawyer but asking for legal advice?

    So according to you its ok for a doc to turn you away even if youre dying and need his help to live just cuz he didnt like that you snickered???



    Never said it was. Youre not reading my thread right.
    You were not dying. If a patient presents at a doctor's office dying. The doctor should call a ambulance to take the patient to a hospital where the patient can be properly treated.

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