Quid pro quo medicine

The art of practicing medicine such that a patient is subjected to tests which will not alter the direction of treatment, and refusing treatment until the patient complies. When a doctor requires a test or procedure more harmful or risky than providing appropriate treatment to see if there is improvement.

Dr. Clarke is practicing Quid pro quo medicine, he wants me to have an ERCP with sphincterotomy when a CT Scan carries less risk, less cost and is more accurate than his subjecting opinion.

Patient Baseball

Denying a patient care who brings a high risk of involving you in a malpractice case stemming from other doctors.

The doctors here in Indianapolis have been playing patient baseball with me since Dr. Clark botched a surgery and another doctor refused to treat me for foreign body reaction, to the mesh that he put in after being acknowledging in records that I did not approve.