Clements Arthur S MD PHD

Dr. Clements was patronizing, paternalistic, and unprofessional in his
attitude and tone. He treated me as if I was a child incapable of
making decisions, telling me «if you were my daughter, I wouldn’t let
you get an IUD.» He met my questions with repeated assertions of
medical authority but failed to answer them. His manner of
consultation implied that although my decisions were my own, I was a
moron to even consider an IUD, saying «You really want an IUD? You
really want to do this? Well, if you think it’s a good idea.» When I
said that my doctors at Thagard has recommended it as a good option
for my situation, he said «that’s the difference between a private
practice and a school or government medical facility — we’re
concerned about your long term care.» As I have been pleased with my
care at Thagard, this was upsetting.
I felt that he was attempting to bully me into believing, without any
reasonable explanation, that this was a bad option for me, despite
what I have read and been told by other medical professionals
at Thagard. Unfortunately, he is successful, in that I would never
accept him as a doctor and apparently there is no other option, as he
also told me that his partners at the clinic wouldn’t even insert IUDs
because they don’t want to be responsible for impacting a woman’s
fertility.
I would not want any of my friends or relations to have to have an
experience like this.