WinterRose

I think these are all really, really good questions. It's interesting, isn't it, that all the health mags/media/consumer advocates encourage us to be really careful when choosing a physician/specialist but somehow I do't recall hearing that in relation to choosing a p-doc. I wonder of it's the "scourge" of MI. The alienation of people who use psychiatrists--because it's still something that people hide. (sigh)

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I think I would try my hardest to get a personal reference from someone I trusted or a professional reference from a physician I knew. I really don't like picking doctors off lists because it's risky BUT I have had some success with choosing after reading bios carefully from a University Medical Center information web page. I

n the case of a p-doc, insurance may come into play but I actually did not choose a pdoc or T based on my insurance, because it's just too important a decision for me to make that way.

Good luck! I would be interested in hearing about that doctor's response to your questions or if you might have to ask them in a $paid visit. Hmmmm.