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To: mdittmar

Good lord...absolutely NO ONE is going to tell their doctors a thing from now on.


32 posted on 07/13/2004 5:16:36 PM PDT by The Raven (Fair and Balanced)
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To: The Raven
I don't tell my doctor jachsh**.

I ask, what's my blood pressure. Let me see my EKG.

Thank you very much.

And I don't use those grocery store discount cards and pay cash for by groceries.

I've been doing this for thirty years.

48 posted on 07/13/2004 5:42:59 PM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: The Raven

"absolutely NO ONE is going to tell their doctors a thing from now on."....It is an interesting conumdrum. I live in Ontario, where doctors work for the state (literally; they are paid by the provincial government). My sister, a doctor, told me they are under obligation to inform the ministry of transportation if you have a medical condition that could affect your driving. They can pull your license. If they don't report a risk, they could lose their own licence to practise medicine. Shades of the Exxon Valdez captain who was a reformed alcoholic, if I remember correctly. The problem is that if patients realize that doctors are working for the state, they may not report their medical history/conditions and behavior accurately to their doctor for fear of losing their driver's licence. That doesn't do them any good medically, since the doctor has insufficent information on which to make health recommendations, but it preserves their right to drive and maybe to get to work even.




74 posted on 07/13/2004 6:40:18 PM PDT by skipjackcity
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