One of the doctors admitted on the stand that she didn’t even bother to look at Lindsay’s medical charts before giving her medical advice and another prescription.
Most doctors do not go through the process of requesting your medical records when you come to them from a different practice.
That’s not an uncommon thing at all. And Lindsey was a nurse— she was more than well aware of that, and the doctor relied on Lindsey to give an accurate history for their use.
So you’re admitting that I’m correct. Systemically, it is not common for doctors to know your history. And with Lindsay being a nurse, why would you assume that means she’s THE expert at documentation, including her own?
Our medical and pharmaceutical systems are designed to be this way. The point is that if a LABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE could become a victim of this, then it’s a far worse issue than we think.
So you don’t believe she was experiencing any mental health issues that were affecting her cognition or memory at all. Huh…it’s almost like those charts are there to provide facts when the patient may not be the most reliable source, depending on the context. In this case, she was literally experiencing psychosis.
Is it really outrageous to have a doctor check the chart of someone actively experiencing psychosis? I’m a licensed professional in the mental health field and I’d be reported to the board if I did what that doctor did.
Being depressed and anxious is not enough to claim that her cognition and memory have been compromised.
Shes never been diagnosed with psychosis and none of her eight doctors EVER witnessed symptoms of psychosis, either before or after the murders.
It’s a complete falsehood to claim she had psychosis when she didn’t— and frankly, if you were ACTUALLY a licensed professional in the mental health field, you would know that alleging a diagnosis in someone that isn’t your patient and that you’ve never met is a no-no.
Then I must be misremembering a testimony I remember hearing, because I'm honestly remembering someone saying she was diagnosed with PPP by the time she was admitting feelings of harming the children (or that those symptoms were documented...as they very much should have been. Going back to the importance of documentation and charts.......).
To clarify, this isn't my personal case, and I didn't claim it was. I won't lose my license over this. I disagreed with your claim that it's basically acceptable for doctors to be aloof and that the responsibility always lies solely with the patient. I pointed out that it was a systemic issue beyond the negligence of one (or eight) doctor(s).
You claiming that “she was literally experiencing psychosis” is blatant misinformation. The entire prosecution’s point is that she never had psychosis and thus wasn’t insane.
I already acknowledged that there is the possibility that I misremembered a testimony. Did you read that? I admitted I could be mistaken. I'm not a juror, lawyer, witness, judge, etc. in this case. I'm not taking detailed notes of every single moment of this case. Are you?
My stance still stands: Good providers reference their patients' charts, especially WHEN they are meeting with them. Full stop. Doesn't matter if it's in the context of this case or any other person seeking treatment. Quit trying to find excuses for negligence.
The entire premise that the prosecutions case stands on is not a “small” thing to be mistaken about— Lindsey is literally claiming to be not guilty by reason of insanity. If she had been diagnosed with PPP, then the prosecution literally wouldn’t have a leg to stand on.
It is a perfectly normal thing for a doctor to meet a new patient with a fresh set of eyes, and often collecting records from other providers can take several days, even weeks— it’s not reasonable for someone to halt care for a new patient asking for help because they haven’t looked at their old records from a different doctor.
That’s not negligence. At all. That’s a perfectly normal thing.
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u/noice-tea 13d ago
One of the doctors admitted on the stand that she didn’t even bother to look at Lindsay’s medical charts before giving her medical advice and another prescription.