Patient Services

Find A Physician

Looking for a good doctor? Our referral service can connect you with physicians whose training, background, office location, and special treatment interests are specifically tailored to your needs.  Simply call the Santa Barbara County Medical Society at 805/683-5333 during normal business hours and our helpful staff will work with your requirements to find the doctor you want.   You also can visit our Physician Locator section for a complete directory of our physician members.  Search by name or specialty to find the doctor who is right for you. 
 

Looking for Work in Doctor’s Office?

The Medical Society accepts resumes from persons who are looking for jobs in a physician’s office.  The resumes are kept on file for Medical Society member physicians or their office managers to review when they are looking for an employee.  Many employees have been successfully employed through this service.  Resumes may be sent to the Medical Society by fax, 805/967-2871 or via our contact form here.  
 

Advance Health Care Directive

California law gives you the ability to insure that your health care wishes are known and considered if you become unable to make these decisions yourself.  Completing a form called an “Advance Health Care Directive” allows you, under California law, to do either or both of two things: 

First, you may appoint another person to be your health care “agent.”  This person (who also may be known as your “attorney-in-fact”) will have legal authority to make decisions about your medical care if you become unable to make these decisions for yourself. 

Second, you may write down your health care wishes in the Advance Health Care Directive form – for example, a desire not to receive treatment that only prolongs the dying process if you are terminally ill.  Your doctor and your agent must follow your lawful instructions.   

The Advance Health Care Directive is now the legally recognized format for a living will in California.  It replaces the Natural Death Act Declaration.  The Advance Health Care Directive allows you to do more than the traditional living will, which only states your desire not to receive life-sustaining treatment if you are terminally ill or permanently unconscious.  An Advance Health Care Directive allows you to state your wishes about refusing or accepting life-sustaining treatment in any situation. 

The Advance Health Care Directive kit may be purchased from the Santa Barbara County Medical Society for a nominal charge.   Call for information: 805/683-5333.