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Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Father Shocked by Doctor`s Question

 

Have you ever been asked by a doctor if you own a gun?  A father in Pennsylvania says he was asked when he took his daughter in for a check-up and he`s not alone.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/fa...octor-205029561.html

 

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Yep.  My doc asked me and I told him I was torn between a .270 which I have and a 7/08 that I would like to.

 

Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Father Shocked by Doctor`s Question

 

Have you ever been asked by a doctor if you own a gun?  A father in Pennsylvania says he was asked when he took his daughter in for a check-up and he`s not alone.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/fa...octor-205029561.html

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Some facts and some myths about guns,  doctors, and Medicare: from the good people at snopes.com:

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Father Shocked by Doctor`s Question

 

Have you ever been asked by a doctor if you own a gun?  A father in Pennsylvania says he was asked when he took his daughter in for a check-up and he`s not alone.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/fa...octor-205029561.html

_____________________________________________________________

Some facts and some myths about guns,  doctors, and Medicare: from the good people at snopes.com:

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

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And that has what to do with what?

Last edited by Bestworking
Originally Posted by Bestworking:
Originally Posted by Contendah:
Originally Posted by Bestworking:

Father Shocked by Doctor`s Question

 

Have you ever been asked by a doctor if you own a gun?  A father in Pennsylvania says he was asked when he took his daughter in for a check-up and he`s not alone.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/fa...octor-205029561.html

_____________________________________________________________

Some facts and some myths about guns,  doctors, and Medicare: from the good people at snopes.com:

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/medicare.asp

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And that has what to do with what?

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It has to do with guns and doctors and Medicare and it dispels some of the nonsense that some people have been disbursing on those inter-related topics. I am not saying that what you posted was nonsense, but there IS a lot of it out there on this subject matter and I thought it might be of interest to people who, unlike you, do not have an ax to grind and do not get their teeth set on edge faster then the speed of summer lightning at the slightest suggestion that there might be viewpoints placed on the forum that do not salute their own biases..

It may in certain instances be a legitimate question (for instance if the doctor thinks the patient might be a risk to harm himself or others), or it could be part of a research project that the physician or his / her office is involved in. During residency I was involved in a large project looking at gunshot wounds in one of the highest crime rate areas of the country. The aim of the project was to determine if the site of the wound was more important than the caliber of the gun. The data collected from that project over a 4 year period became a hallmark of ballistics research in forensic medicine. Despite the fact that much of the outcome was common sense it disproved several theories about firearms. In the study we had several outliers for instance such as two kids who were killed with pellet guns. Pellet guns are almost considered toys by many, and I can remember as a kid being in  BB gun wars where we would shoot at each other.

The research also showed that about 88% of all the GSW involved young males, the majority of which were black, despite the fact that they only made up about 33% of the documented census for that region. Men were much more likely to use a gun for suicide than a woman (although we did have one case), and a large percentage of the guns which were used in street shootings tended to be stolen.

I do know the Academy of Pediatrics has had some interest in the percentage of people who have both children and guns in their home, so this could (possibly) have been such a project.  In any case, it is perfectly acceptable to say that you decline to answer the question.

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I do know the Academy of Pediatrics has had some interest in the percentage of people who have both children and guns in their home, so this could (possibly) have been such a project.  In any case, it is perfectly acceptable to say that you decline to answer the question.

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Maybe having the courtesy of first asking someone if they would like to participate in a 'project' would be the better thing to do.

I agree, and like I said it could be for other reasons.  That is about the only thing I can think of that would justify the question otherwise.  to my knowledge there is no current law that tells a physician to ask that question, and if asked I would certainly ask them to tell me why they wanted to know. Don't disagree with you at all. The information must be kept private due to HIPAA, so unless it was research data that uses non defined descriptors, nothing can be done with it anyways.

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