I'm willing to have the "vaccine talk" to parents of newborns. I have seen a lot of underimmunized patients and will work with parents who have issues but are willing to be vaccinated.

Having had the "vaccine talk" in the past to people who "agreed to disagree," and wished to remain unimmunized, I no longer feel that I am willing to compromise on a basic tenant of my practice. There are others out there, and I have enough business that I don't need the headache.

Additionally after reading about a doctor being sued for not immunizing a child who subsequently died, (I don't know how that turned out, nor do I want to) I decided it wasn't worth the effort.


Wendell
Pediatrician in Chicago

The patient's expectation is that you have all the answers, sometimes they just don't like the answer you have for them