From: Dr. Maura Isles To: Lieutenant Callen Subject: Re: Physical Exams
Lieutenant,
While I can understand your reluctance and will, of course, respect your wishes, I would also ask that you please at least consider the choice for a few days in the interim.
I have been told very little about the previous health care available. However, I can assure you that I will take no action that could potentially bring harm to you or your child. My only intention with these examinations is to assess the current well being of the team before it's members are essentially deployed into hostile territory with little or no access to real medical care. There is no treatment involved and would be no treatment in the future that I was not fully qualified to administer.
I am sure the doctor who was here was perfectly adequate at what she was trained to do, there is a great difference in the competency of a surgical resident who is still in the middle of her training and a fully certified pathologist with years of practical experience in varying conditions. As I said, it is certainly your decision, but I would ask that you at least take the days between now and the day I will be coming to your house to consider giving me a chance to prove that proper medical attention can, in fact, be beneficial.