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Original poster

To think that a 14 year old boy does not need to see a paediatrician for a jab?

57 replies

BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 19:45

Bloody hell. DSS1's mother took him to the family paediatrician for a routine jab. Said paediatrician asked DSS1 how much pocket money he got - and, on hearing the reply, said that it was 1/4 of the amount a boy of his age should be getting. DSS1 got very upset because he felt patronised - but he shouldn't have been there in the first place!

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morningpaper · 06/05/2009 19:46

yanbu

noddyholder · 06/05/2009 19:46

His own mum prob knows best for him.

scienceteacher · 06/05/2009 19:49

When we lived in the USA, our children went to a paediatrician for their jabs (or rather for a routine check up and then to the nurse for jabs, as instructed by the doctor).

Paediatricians work with those who are under 18, so it is not unreasonable for a 14 year old to see a paediatrician. If he had to be hospitalised, no doubt he would go to children's ward (albeit a teen section of it).

Don't understand the bit about pocket money, but perhaps it was more than a vaccination visit in the eyes of the doctor. In the US, these visits were known as WCC - well child checks, and nearly always resulted in vaccinations.

Original poster
BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 19:49

Oh she definitely doesn't!

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BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 19:51

No, it was just a vaccination visit. Very odd for a child to see a paediatrician once they have entered adolescence here. No adolescent girl would countenance this particularly condescending elderly man. The thought!

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MillyR · 06/05/2009 19:52

My children have never been given a jab by a doctor; it is always done by a nurse.

YouLukaAmazing · 06/05/2009 19:56

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mylifemykids · 06/05/2009 19:59

Is he under paediatric care for special needs?

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BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 19:59

Not at all! He goes to the paediatrician but by now ought to have graduated to the GP.

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flowerybeanbag · 06/05/2009 20:00

Do they have GP-type doctors in France Anna?

sarah293 · 06/05/2009 20:00

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flowerybeanbag · 06/05/2009 20:00

x-posts!

NotPlayingAnyMore · 06/05/2009 20:01

"Said paediatrician asked DSS1 how much pocket money he got - and, on hearing the reply, said that it was 1/4 of the amount a boy of his age should be getting."

Well unfortunately, not everyone can provide as much pocket money as a paediatrician's wages can stretch to!

Greensneeze · 06/05/2009 20:01

What's it to you?

scienceteacher · 06/05/2009 20:02

Did the medical system force him to go to a paed rather than a GP? If he was expected to go to a GP, why didn't he?

If it was parental choice to go the paed, then why be surprised that they treated him like a child?

SoupDragon · 06/05/2009 20:02

What does it matter?

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BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 20:03

Because DSS1 is super upset about the pocket money thing and it has caused lots of tears and upset, that's why!

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Greensneeze · 06/05/2009 20:03
Takver · 06/05/2009 20:03

MIght he have had bad reactions in the past that you don't know about?

I have had great trouble getting anyone to give me vaccinations - didn't have any of the routine ones at school because I was too bad a risk, and as a teenager had to go to somewhere with resuscitation equipment for jabs before travelling.

cory · 06/05/2009 20:04

I don't understand why he'd need a paediatrician for a routine jab; practice nurse should do for that surely.

otoh, if there had been a more serious/specialised problem there wouldn't be anything wrong with a 14yo seeing a consultant paediatrician rather than another consultant imo

dd sees a GP for routine stuff but a paediatrician for stuff related to her chronic condition, which is totally out of the GPs area of expertise

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BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 20:04

Yes, you have to be signed up to a GP (médecin traitant) to be properly reimbursed by SS.

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BonsoirAnna · 06/05/2009 20:05

Nurses don't do jabs in France - doctors do.

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SoupDragon · 06/05/2009 20:05

But that has nothing to do with the fact that he saw a paediatrician and everything to do with the fact that the man happened to make a silly remark.

SoupDragon · 06/05/2009 20:07

I know you think his mother is a stupid bint but you really can't blame the paediatrician's conversational skills on her.

TotalChaos · 06/05/2009 20:08

haven't got a clue whether yanbu or not seeing as I don't know how the french system works for teens.