Comment by barbecue_sauce
9 hours ago
Is your doctor the one who actually takes your blood and sends it in for tests? Where I'm from, the doctor just orders a blood test, and you go to some other lab facility somewhere (with some discretionary choice) and get it done by a phlebotomist and its more or less outside of the doctor's purview.
In the USA either my doctor takes the blood, or in certain cases, they have Labcorp or similar do the test (I asked and it was because they didn't have the proper vial labels to do the blood test in house). I also get copies of the test and it has the logo of the testing company.
So yes
It works both ways. I walked into the Theranos and volunteered for bloodwork. I’ve also had my doctor send my bloodwork order to a lab of my choosing when I’m e.g. traveling.