Posted on 12/29/2014 12:15:03 PM PST by PROCON
However, a young co-worker of mine had his doctor ask if he had guns in his house. Even though he did, he said no. (He was shocked that the question even came up). And this was 8-10 years ago too.
Anyone experience this with their doctor?
If my son’s doctor asked if we have guns in our house he would answer: “You mean, like, in every ROOM?”
Haven't yet. If he ever asks I'm just going to tell him I don't want to spoil the surprise.
My wife and I had the same thing happen in 1996 when we had our than 3 year old admitted to the hospital. I informed the questioner the question in question was noneya.
I’m more worried about doctors being pressed in to service to push “living wills” and “directives” on every patient.
They obviously want us to give them permission to kill us if/when we become incapacitated in any way - “voluntarily”, of course.
When I was a kid my father always kept a loaded shotgun in the hall closet by the front door. Don’t know how we survived....
Our family doctor reloads his ammo & has a private range that I have unlimited access to.
Yes, I am very fortunate. He is responsible for a dramatic improvement in my marksmanship over the last 3 years. My idea of great medical care. Hee hee.
Seriously, we need to resist this crap. If my kid was younger I would insist on being present for all consultations.
We also homeschooled, so by the time she went to HS, she knew darn well what was none of the school’s business.
Damn Communists.
The idiot nurse at Mt. Sinai in NYC asked after my wife checked in after her water broke almost two years ago when my son was born.
I gave her the answer none of her business, and she was like “can I just put no?” I said fine.
Yes, my doctor asks quite frequently about guns. In fact, the last time I was there he asked if I’d like to see the one he bought over lunch.
When a doctor asks if I have guns in the house, my response is “They are properly called 16-inch cannons.”
They don’t seem to be asking over here in the Tri-Cities. Our kids have never been asked; wife and I have never been asked. The great majority of residents here do have guns.
My answer would be yes I have guns. A glue gun, a staple gun, an air gun, a nail gun, a grease gun and a nerf gun. Which one do you want to talk about?
“Anyone experience this with their doctor? “
It was a question on my last physical, I checked NO
As physicians increasingly become employees, we can expect them to behave as such; they will ask about what their employers and their employers’ overseers want to them ask about, all under the guise of quality healthcare and helping to save us from ourselves
*That* is the problem. He who owns the gold makes the rules. No need to worry about PO'd patients or incompetence resulting in a loss of business, if government or insurance plans keeps sending along patients, and every doc is working for the same beast.gov. Hence the extreme irony of the Obamacare health care "marketplace".
Meet the new doc, same as the old doc. The ethical ones will retire before they must conform to unconscionable care "guidelines" set by unaccountable, bureaucratic bean counters. Gotta cut real treatments to pay the salaries of more and more bureaucrats... kind of like how the military gets to take it in the shorts so that EBT cards will remain flush with cash.
They do ask, however, “Do you feel threatened in your home”? I say ask the psych nurse — she’s in the same clinic.
Pediatrician? I always went to the family primary care doctor if I was sick.
I had that experience when I lived in Minnesota for ten years. EVERY doctor’s office visit started off with a battery of questions unrelated to why I was there. Once I understood the smothering liberal culture, my answer to the gun question was “No! Guns are icky! Guns are bad! Guns are scary!”
I had to resort to a lot of disinformation while living in that kind of political environment. I no longer live in Minnesota, and no longer recognize any professional license from that state.
I like your response.
My father grew up with guns as a boy in rural Georgia. He took us kids up the road to the open field while the Moms were preparing Thanksgiving dinner. He set up a target. Everyone had to stand behind the fence. Before he put a gun in anyone’s hand he gave us a 15 minute lecture on gun safety and how to handle a rifle.
My husband grew up similarly. He commanded the US Army Marksmanship training unit.
Guns are not the problem. People who handle them incorrectly are the problem.
My father grew up with guns as a boy in rural Georgia. He took us kids up the road to the open field while the Moms were preparing Thanksgiving dinner. He set up a target. Everyone had to stand behind the fence. Before he put a gun in anyone’s hand he gave us a 15 minute lecture on gun safety and how to handle a rifle.
My husband grew up similarly. He commanded the US Army Marksmanship training unit.
Guns are not the problem. People who handle them incorrectly are the problem.
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