After pre-registering at the hospital for the birth of our son in a few weeks and letting them know I did not want Vit K shots (requested oral doses instead), the nurse encouraged me to check with his ped on whether or not dr. would conduct the circumcision without the shots.
So I called the ped office and they suggested I send an e-mail to the doc and visit the website, which I visited. While there I found a link to "patient education" and "concerns about vaccines/autism". Long story short, it seems they are super pro-vaccine with some interesting language on the page:
"If you do not plan on having your infant vaccinated according to one of our schedules, or not at all, then we respectfully ask you to find a physician who is willing to take this risk with you."
and
"As a courtesy to our parents, we will recognize and allow an “alternate” vaccine schedule. Please be advised this is your choice, NOT our recommendation. We do not apologize for any increased cost or inconvenience to you for choosing the alternate schedule which may also result in increased co-pays and may increase the number of visits to our office. Please check with your insurance company as many will not pay for the increase in office visits.
If you select the alternate vaccine schedule, you will be required to sign a waiver which states that you recognize and accept any and all responsibility for the risk to your child, or to other children your child may expose if they contract a vaccine preventable disease and that your child must have all immunizations completed by 18 to 23 months of age.
We reserve the right to dismiss any family from our practice who is not completing vaccines in good faith on the schedules we recognize.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, but do not negotiate with us regarding your child’s health and future well being. Our position is firm."
Wow, my jaw just hit the floor when I read this. DD has been a patient there for over 3 years and is up to date on her shots (regretfully). So now I am considering switching peds but would like to find a selective/delay friendly doc here in Kansas City.
I have done searches online can't seem to find much. I found Dr. Sears list, and theri is one in the KC area, but I researched him and if I am not mistaken he also has a costmetic office that does botox, etc which I found strange....
Anyone have any links to a database of docs??
TIA!
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So I called the ped office and they suggested I send an e-mail to the doc and visit the website, which I visited. While there I found a link to "patient education" and "concerns about vaccines/autism". Long story short, it seems they are super pro-vaccine with some interesting language on the page:
"If you do not plan on having your infant vaccinated according to one of our schedules, or not at all, then we respectfully ask you to find a physician who is willing to take this risk with you."
and
"As a courtesy to our parents, we will recognize and allow an “alternate” vaccine schedule. Please be advised this is your choice, NOT our recommendation. We do not apologize for any increased cost or inconvenience to you for choosing the alternate schedule which may also result in increased co-pays and may increase the number of visits to our office. Please check with your insurance company as many will not pay for the increase in office visits.
If you select the alternate vaccine schedule, you will be required to sign a waiver which states that you recognize and accept any and all responsibility for the risk to your child, or to other children your child may expose if they contract a vaccine preventable disease and that your child must have all immunizations completed by 18 to 23 months of age.
We reserve the right to dismiss any family from our practice who is not completing vaccines in good faith on the schedules we recognize.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, but do not negotiate with us regarding your child’s health and future well being. Our position is firm."
Wow, my jaw just hit the floor when I read this. DD has been a patient there for over 3 years and is up to date on her shots (regretfully). So now I am considering switching peds but would like to find a selective/delay friendly doc here in Kansas City.
I have done searches online can't seem to find much. I found Dr. Sears list, and theri is one in the KC area, but I researched him and if I am not mistaken he also has a costmetic office that does botox, etc which I found strange....
Anyone have any links to a database of docs??
TIA!
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