Posted on 02/23/2011 2:56:50 PM PST by dynachrome
Should doctors be able to ask patients if they own guns?
Yes
No
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sarc
Only if you are suicidal or homicidal.
No, but the proposed starting fine of 10,000 bucks is kinda steep. Instead of it being a patched-on law for FL, it should be a medical practice law, like HIPAA, which just keeps those things from winding up in records, or gets them purged if they do, with a disciplinary note to the offender.
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Me: What I own or have in my home is none of your business. End of statement!
Hell No 94.05% (79 votes) It is none of their business.
Total Votes: 84
You got it!
“Doctor: Sir, do you own guns?
Me: What I own or have in my home is none of your business. End of statement!”
That answer is a dead givaway for “Yes”!. When asked, just say “No”.
“Oh, they can ask all the want, but all they’ll get from me is “N/A” (not answering).”
If your wife asked if you had been drinking and you answer N/A or “none of your business”, she instantly knows it means yes.
Hell, yes: ask away! Just accuse the doc of a boundary violation when he/she does ask. That’ll shut them up.
TC
These is a standard question asked by my child’s pediatrician, “Do you have guns in your home?” If you answer yes, “Are they locked in a safe?” When I told my husband, he was furious. He wanted me to switch pediatricians.
One of my docs asked about guns because he wanted advice on what to buy.
I taught my boys that if they were ever asked this by a teacher they should say “You would have to ask my dad”
“Hell, yes: ask away! Just accuse the doc of a boundary violation when he/she does ask. That’ll shut them up.”
In my experience, any refusal to answer, deflection of the question, or a defensive reaction, screams YES. Just say no.
What the hell does that have to do with medical treatment?
How about the ask if you support Obamacare otr not?
Or maybe we get to ask if they have alcohol in their home?
I answer all of their questions, but all of my answers are not truthful.
For example, if one is honest about having one or two drinks a week(one beer on Friday and Saturday night)they figure it’s a lie and assume one is a raging alcoholic.
They have a tendency to assume the worst about everyone and are very quick to throw anyone into categories like habitual drug user or potential addict. Or if someone has slept with more than one person they are doing anything that moves, are cheating on their current spouse and should be tested for every STD under the sun.
No question like that should ever be answered truthfully unless one is as pure as the driven snow or the matter in question is directly affecting one’s health.
If a person ever used recreational drugs, even just one time, decades ago, they will probably be put in the wrong category.
When answering questions like this, use your own common sense just in case the person reviewing the questionnaire has none.
Do I have guns?
No. I really do, but that question is not relevant to my health even if I am moping around a bit on occasion. I’m not suicidal and will usually snap out of it in a day or two.
ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY!!! And, if you bleed to death while the Dr. is waiting for you to answer the question, well, it sucks to be you!!
/really bad sarc
Are they kidding me? If I go see a Dr. for a medical condition, what the h%ll does it matter if I own 1 or 100 guns?? The gun isn’t the patient, I am!!!
(More liberal idiocy!!)
Ask them if they have, or have had any malpractice suits.
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