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In reply to the discussion: STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE DOCTORS OFFICE!!!!!!!!!!! [View all]WCIL
(343 posts)116. Our pediatrician was asking this question in Illinois
nearly 25 years ago. Do you have guns, do you have a pool, do you use sunscreen and bike helmets, do you have a trampoline... all standard questions.
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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