You ALWAYS have a choice! We saw a glimpse of this doctor, he is in court on the stand, you can not assess his qualifications etc based on that, yes you get a picture, but make no mistake, this has affected him!
PS did try, JS did not cooperate at all, in any fashion. The doc did what was reasonable, I have seen a lot of talk, sort of condemnation for the doc only seeing her for 20 minutes at a time, this is the standard of care! He is a Psychaitrist, not a therapist, they don't do lengthy counsel. He did deny her the oxycodone script she asked for, this is huge to me, and is standard care, shows he is responsible. This treatment he provided was not skimping, this is not out of the ordinary. JS was not his only patient, he is seeing, I would guess 3-4 patients per hour at least 7, 8, maybe even 10 hours a day every single day, plus phone follow ups, etc! In all seriousness, do you really think he has the time, reason, (whatever motivation you want to insert here) to chase her down to make sure she is taking her drugs and not drinking, and if he is doing that with one patient, shouldn't he be doing that with all of them, and how would that even be possible?
Patients like this seeing their doc once a week (as he said at one point), hell, even once a month is a LOT. He had hundreds of other patients as well to think about. JS was not his sole concern. I know this sounds callous, but this was HER decision, non compliance with advice, meds, follow up etc. Also, most definitely not PS fault, blaming him for this is a travesty!
She is aware, seriously, you think she is not aware of Mother's Day? She manipulated, lied, murdered, the list is endless, she is sitting there of her own accord. She certainly showed she was not an empty shell sitting here when she yelled at the doctor, she knows everything going on, make no mistake about it. She said to Parker "I guess I stomped your heart flat, huh?" A shell of a woman does not say that.
