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In reply to the discussion: STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE DOCTORS OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!! [View all]X_Digger
(18,585 posts)81. Feel free to shut your eyes to things that don't match your preconceptions.
One of us has been discussing things rationally, and responding to what the other actually said.. you, on the other hand? Seem to want to make up my positions for yourself.
Which you're welcome to do, but don't expect me to fit your narrow view.
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If it's any consolation, Florida is a daily reminder of what will befall the USA if the RepubliKKKan
byeya
Aug 2012
#1
Doctor- patient privacy? Doc can ask, you don't have to answer. What if you are mentally
nanabugg
Aug 2012
#56
What about the slippery slope argument? Aren't you afraid you'll be prevented from asking...
Scuba
Aug 2012
#8
Fair enough, though I'll point out that having a firearm is a health risk and physician...
Scuba
Aug 2012
#12
The slippery slope argument is inherently broken by definition, so why be governed by it? (nt)
Posteritatis
Aug 2012
#17
This law was in response to an Ocala physician refusing to continue treating a child..
X_Digger
Aug 2012
#23
If you say that to a doctor, they can end the intake and instruct you to find another doctor.
aikoaiko
Aug 2012
#73
And a doctor refusing to treat a woman because she won't tell him if she's sexually active?
X_Digger
Aug 2012
#68
Refusal to agree with you is a sign of insanity? Wow, you really *were* a doctor!
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2012
#91
Sure they are. And nothing is stopping the doc from offering safety info on any subject.
PavePusher
Aug 2012
#108
For some people I have to continue to use this-otherwise it just sails right by.
hobbit709
Aug 2012
#112
One patient did just that, and the pediatrician told them to find a new doctor. n/t
X_Digger
Aug 2012
#24
Almost everyone has poisons in the home, a lot of household products are toxic if ingested..
Fumesucker
Aug 2012
#52
Then they could say, "If you have any guns in your home, here's a pamphlet on best practices..
X_Digger
Aug 2012
#57
If a doctor refused to see me as a patient because I refused to consent to his prying
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2012
#90
There are countless ways to shorten your life. How many should be covered in a 30 minute Dr. visit?
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2012
#100
Well you can always come and stay with me in Arizona - I'll make you learn to love Florida :)
jillan
Aug 2012
#28
I'm not familiar with this "Firearm Owners' Privacy Act" but from first reading about it here, it
midnight
Aug 2012
#47
I'm guessing a lot of the supporters of this law don't believe in women's privacy
Patiod
Aug 2012
#94
Its a bad law, but it is equally as bad for a dr to discontinue service over privacy issues
aikoaiko
Aug 2012
#70
Sigh. We FINALLY got the GD forum back from the gun arguments. So it begins again n/t
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#83
There are no good reasons for preventing doctors asking anything for this simple reason...
sibelian
Aug 2012
#117