how do i find out complaints against a doctor?
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Try checking out http://www.healthgrades.com to see if a particular doctor you have in mind has any blemishes on his or her records. The Quackwatch site also has a lot of helpful info on how to check out a doc's background. See the page at:\nhttp://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/QA/mdcheck.html\n\nHope that helps, and good luck.
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Call the clinic and ask.  By law, all medical offices must provide you with this information when asked.  They must also provide you with information regarding lawsuits against the doctors if asked!
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Odds are that they were being threatened with lawsuits from doctors or hospital staff who were listed on the website.\n\nThis was recently in the news here. One of these doctor rating sites were allowing people to post their anonymous evaluations of the doctor they had an experience with, but the doctors were getting furious and threatening to sue and wanted the courts to give them access to these postings to go after them for libel or defamation of character or some such.\n\nThere is still another website in operation called www.rateMDs.com you may want to try.
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See another physician for a second opinion... Second of all, if you feel that dr did not do there job, file a complaint with the state health department.
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u have a very legitimate complaint. the government made specific laws called hippa to protect patients from this. the hospital should have an employee that specifically handles this complaint. you should ask for someone in administration who this is. there may be a gov. website also, look up hippa on google or something to see. you should know that the person responsible will probably be fired if u choose to pursue. u can also talk to an attorny as u could be compensated if u can prove damages
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find another doctor and find out WHY you are getting so many headaches
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I agree, get a lawyer. Too many posibilities and not enough clarification with your question. Most Doctors practicing medicine today carry  malpractice insurance. If the Doctor is clearly at fault you may have an easier time finding representation via a lawyer as they can expect a payout even if you can't afford one now.
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Place an ad on an online directory ASKING them.\n\n"Are you fed up with your current billing service?"\n\nTry here:\nhttp://dmoz.org/Business/Financial_Services/Medical_Billing/
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You can report him to the State Board of Medicine or a similar name in your state.  All doctors are licensed by each state and regulated by a board.  They will investigate the allegations on this doctor and set up the appropriate punishment.\n\nIf you want to speed the process up, contact the board, the hospital he practices at, local alternative newspaper, local news channel and protest in front of his office.
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you are being too polite. you need to gather your anger and go to the doctor and scream "WHAT DID YOU DO?"
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contact state medical board.
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Ask the doctor.  There is no central database with that information.\n\nYour state's licensing board may be able to provide information about actions taken against a particular physician, and that might help steer you away from someone dishonest/dangerous.\n\nYou need to be careful just looking at statistics.  Would you avoid a doctor with a higher death rate if you found out he/she was the only one willing to take on very difficult/hopeless cases, where patients were more likely to die anyway?
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That all depends on the state, since each state is responsible for licensing their own physicians. The source below has a form to search for malpractice claims against Oregon physicians, for instance. Find the website for your state's licensing agency and they may very well have such an ability as well.
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go to AMA online. there put in the dr.'s name and last known address.
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Try searching "Doctor ratings" on Yahoo / Google.\n\nThey have ratings and reviews by patients on so many sites.
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It's one thing to ask a doctor to give you a second opinion and yet another to ask the doctor to comment on the competency of another doctor.\n\nI've never had to get a second opinion on a diagnosis, but I'd handle it by going to another doctor or specialist and not tell them what the previous doctor had said.  After they decide what they think it is, then I'd tell them about the previous diagnosis.  It will prevent them from having any preconceived ideas prior to doing their own examination.\n\nI doubt any ethical codes have been violated, doctors simply can't come up with an opinion on what another doctor has said unless they know exactly how that doctor came to their diagnosis.  So, unless you have your charts forwarded to the new office and perhaps have the docs discuss with each other, the second doctor simply doesn't have enough information to make an educated comment on the first doctor's actions. So, no, no ethical codes have been violated.
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Look up the Plastic Surgeons on the internet.  You need to go the American Medical Board of Plastic Surgeons. You can also go to the Better Business Bureau and ask if the doctors have ever been turned in for malpractice.  Never, ever go for the cheapest Dr. Typically, the more overhead they have, the more prominent the dr. (However, do not let this be the only reason you choose him) Ask to see pictures of their work and ask if you are allowed to contact any of the patients(sometimes the patients will give permission to be contacted fro referral)