Hello!
I would like to ask if we have right to refuse a medical leave given by our doctor? Mine might extend my medical leave but I already feel better and don’t feel the need to do so. i believe we should have the right to do so however I wanted to hear other opinions and experiences :)
thanks!
Hello!
I would like to ask if we have right to refuse a medical leave given by our doctor? Mine might extend my medical leave but I already feel better and don’t feel the need to do so. i believe we should have the right to do so however I wanted to hear other opinions and experiences :)
thanks!
Doctors don’t extend medical leave without good reason so if you decide to ignore his/her advice you could jeopardize your insurance coverage should you have a relapse. Also, if you are working, no reputable employer will agree to your return until you have appropriate medical clearance.
You also risk a black mark on your medical insurance file.
So why not use the additional “recovery” time as a bonus -- to build up your resistance to what’s predicted to be a severe winter, catch up with hobbies and friends, tidy your closets, take time to stop, stare and savour the pause before you return to the push and shove of the commuter rush.
Take care, and all the best,
R.
Doctors don’t extend medical leave without good reason so if you decide to ignore his/her advice you could jeopardize your insurance coverage should you have a relapse. Also, if you are working, no reputable employer will agree to your return until you have appropriate medical clearance.
You also risk a black mark on your medical insurance file.
So why not use the additional “recovery” time as a bonus -- to build up your resistance to what’s predicted to be a severe winter, catch up with hobbies and friends, tidy your closets, take time to stop, stare and savour the pause before you return to the push and shove of the commuter rush.
Take care, and all the best,
R.
You're right Yana, you have the right to say so. In any medical decision the patient (person) has the final word. If your doctor insist find out why and speak your mind. You can also tell your employer or your insurrance that you want to go back to work but the doctor refuses ....
They might also suggest to change doctor I don't know. If I was the empoyer I would appreciate my employee telling me this and wanting to go back to work,
Michel
You're right Yana, you have the right to say so. In any medical decision the patient (person) has the final word. If your doctor insist find out why and speak your mind. You can also tell your employer or your insurrance that you want to go back to work but the doctor refuses ....
They might also suggest to change doctor I don't know. If I was the empoyer I would appreciate my employee telling me this and wanting to go back to work,
Michel
Chances are your employer (unless they are really risk takers) will not allow you to go back to work anyway.
Chances are your employer (unless they are really risk takers) will not allow you to go back to work anyway.
Yana,
This is one of those posts in which you are not going to get really useful information unless you give some details. It depends on the illness for which you got the medical leave and the kind of work you do. I would say, though, that if it is an infectious disease, you should not go back to work and put your colleagues at risk, regardless of how mild the disease is. If it is not, there is the question of how good your judgement is. I work on Global Health, and was for many years a profesor at a school of Medicine. Nevertheless, a year and a half ago, I went back to work after a bout of illness. My doctor thought I should, but my employer disagreed, based on past experience with other "dedicated" employers. They thought I should give myself more time to recover. Following a misguided sense of duty, I went back to work anyway, and within a month, I had to go on medical leave and ended up being absent for longer than I would have had I waited to return to work.
No, not all employers will welcome and respect your "dedication." Sometimes you will be putting your colleagues at risk or will be delaying your own recovery.
And no, we should not have the right to make those decisions unless we have the necessary knowledge.
Yana,
This is one of those posts in which you are not going to get really useful information unless you give some details. It depends on the illness for which you got the medical leave and the kind of work you do. I would say, though, that if it is an infectious disease, you should not go back to work and put your colleagues at risk, regardless of how mild the disease is. If it is not, there is the question of how good your judgement is. I work on Global Health, and was for many years a profesor at a school of Medicine. Nevertheless, a year and a half ago, I went back to work after a bout of illness. My doctor thought I should, but my employer disagreed, based on past experience with other "dedicated" employers. They thought I should give myself more time to recover. Following a misguided sense of duty, I went back to work anyway, and within a month, I had to go on medical leave and ended up being absent for longer than I would have had I waited to return to work.
No, not all employers will welcome and respect your "dedication." Sometimes you will be putting your colleagues at risk or will be delaying your own recovery.
And no, we should not have the right to make those decisions unless we have the necessary knowledge.
