Pediatrician Asks, Why Can’t I Talk To You About Guns In The Home?

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drgrant said:
I hope you're being sarcastic, most dentists haven't been polluted with this PC bullshit, yet. Hell that's the only thing I -like- about going to the dentist, is it's the only medical provider where I won't be given a lecture about what I do with my life.

-Mike
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I wasn't actually because they did ask too many questions on their patient info form. I pretty much refused to fill out their form and several visits later had this conversation with a hygienist. Then the dentist randomly asks if the Army paid for college a few months later. Out of the blue, without us ever discussing college or the military. That's what made the hair on the back of neck stand up. Each incident on its own wouldn't mean anything as they were casual conversation but when taken together, it makes me nervous.
 
kmanick said:
My PC is at newton Wellesley and when I had my annual physical last month the nurse just handed me a tablet and asked me
to fill out the "survey"
are you depressed?
any feelings of hopelessness
andy unusual changes in mood
Do you drink alcohol
do you have any guns in the home
do you have any children and about 10 more questions that really "Prodded" on mental condition.
It's a part of the "Epic" software system a lot of Mass hospitals have gone to, so be prepared, you will
see it sooner or later if you haven't already. Just answer "No" across th eboard and hand it back.
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Brigham and Woman's has the same questionnaire EXCEPT it doesn't ask about guns. I appreciate that
 
jhblaze1 said:
I got a tablet like that at a specialist and I refused to fill it out. I told the lady I'm here to see a doctor about a specific organ and am not playing 20 questions about my mental health. She gave me a look but I just quickly said, tell me now if this is a problem and I'll find another doctor.

There was nothing about guns on it but tons of crap about depression. This was for a ****ing liver specialist.
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Best response. Wtf does a liver doc have to with these questions. A lot of times the insurance companies mandate them to ask for reimbursement purposes.
 
jhblaze1 said:
Kind off off topic but somewhat related....You should see the way they treat fathers in the hospital when you bring your wife in to deliver a baby. I went to take a leak and came back and saw domestic abuse pamphlets on the table next to her bed....The SECOND I left the room they rushed in to ask my wife if I beat her and if she wanted me there or not as they can have me removed if she doesn't feel safe. My wife was like, ummm no he's my husband and I obviously want him here. But then they still left the pamphlets for her to read.

White males are the ONLY group that you can blatantly discriminate against with no fear of consequences.
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Which hospital was this? My wife has delivered all 3 of our kids in Boston and this has never happened. Maybe you just come off as a dick?
 
drgrant said:
I hope you're being sarcastic, most dentists haven't been polluted with this PC bullshit, yet. Hell that's the only thing I -like- about going to the dentist, is it's the only medical provider where I won't be given a lecture about what I do with my life.

-Mike
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I have a dentist client. He bought a black powder revolver at an auction. His wife made him get rid of it. I sold it at Collectors. Lols. Put it toward my Mac 11.
 
kmanick said:
My PC is at newton Wellesley and when I had my annual physical last month the nurse just handed me a tablet and asked me
to fill out the "survey"
are you depressed?
any feelings of hopelessness
andy unusual changes in mood
Do you drink alcohol
do you have any guns in the home
do you have any children and about 10 more questions that really "Prodded" on mental condition.
It's a part of the "Epic" software system a lot of Mass hospitals have gone to, so be prepared, you will
see it sooner or later if you haven't already. Just answer "No" across th eboard and hand it back.
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When they hand me these questionnaire things I usually f*ck with them and write whatever sarcastic stuff comes to mind at the time...
-are you depressed? "Only since I arrived here"
-any feelings of hopelessness? "Me? No...but Hillary's probably not feeling all that upbeat these days"
-any unusual changes in mood? "Only if asked a lot of questions"
-Do you drink alcohol? "Not nearly as much as I would if my job didn't do random urine tests"
-do you have any guns in the home? "No, They're all with me"
-do you have any children? "Probably, since most of college and the five or six years after that were basically a blur"

I honestly do f*ck with them this way, always, and they'll usually either laugh their asses off and disregard the questionnaire totally, or they'll not find my sarcasm "amusing" at all, but they realize I'm a wise-ass and they don't bother pressing me on it. Either way, the "questionnaire" usually ends up in their circular file.
 
You haven't experienced the third degree until you take your kid into the ER after he crashed his bike into the porch steps, went over the bars and did a faceplant on a concrete patio. He was lucky there was a pediatric plastic surgeon there on a weekend who closed up his face with 60+ micro stitches. The scar is hardly visible. And I didn't even have to talk to the cops. Apparently my son told them the same story behind closed doors.
 
You guys need new doctors!
at the physical...
Gee doc, I lost that weight like you said & it's a lot easier to shoot prone - my scores have gone waaay up!
at the eye doctor...
I need new glasses to make it easier to focus on the front sight...

& talking about hunting trips & sports at the dentist....
 
-any feelings of hopelessness?

"yeah, sitting in the waiting room wondering if you are ever going to get to me".
 
My last doctor visit he showed me pictures of his new Browning Citori and spent 5 minutes telling me about how much improved it is over his last Browning.
 
browncoat said:
I'm not white, and I got the exact same treatment when my wife went in to deliver. They had me go "sign in" and get a wrist band at the desk, just so they could get a chance to ask her if I should be kicked out.
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Yeah I believe it...Funny how little rights fathers have.
 
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Bcamos said:
Which hospital was this? My wife has delivered all 3 of our kids in Boston and this has never happened. Maybe you just come off as a dick?
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haha maybe. I doubt it though. I'm pretty chill towards people until they give me a reason not to be. Really, to that point I hadn't even interacted with them. We checked in, went to the staging room, wife had vitals checked etc. I chimed in on a few questions where my wife wasn't sure and looked to me to chime in.

The nurses there loved me. I brought them Kane's donuts and coffee every morning for the 3 days we were at the hospital. It was pretty clear this was SOP at this hospital.

This was Salem hospital.
 
Woodstock said:
You haven't experienced the third degree until you take your kid into the ER after he crashed his bike into the porch steps, went over the bars and did a faceplant on a concrete patio. He was lucky there was a pediatric plastic surgeon there on a weekend who closed up his face with 60+ micro stitches. The scar is hardly visible. And I didn't even have to talk to the cops. Apparently my son told them the same story behind closed doors.
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My kid will never be behind closed doors with a doctor without me present.
 
Could ask the Doc if the wants to talk about the gun you have on your hip, right now, in the office.
 
mbullism said:
Last I checked it wasn't a felony to lie directly to your doctors face...
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Same as the concealed means concealed discussion. It's more about sending a message to them that this is unacceptable andwill not be tolerated.

"Do you ask what kind of neighborhood I live in?
What kind of vehicle I drive?
If I speed?
If I use chemicals on my lawn then let the kids play on it?
If I have stairs in my home?
Secure my power tools?"

Basically, they are focusing on guns for other reasons than "the safety of the children". And that is unacceptable.
 
jhblaze1 said:
My kid will never be behind closed doors with a doctor without me present.
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I was about to say the same thing. WTF are they doing taking a kid into a room alone and asking them questions without the parent's permission?

I have no problem w/ doctor's asking an adult patient if they feel safe. Domestic abuse is a serious problem and abused people need to be given the opportunity to reach out for help. As long as the doctor/hospital is being consistent with the question, there's no down side to asking.

But kids are kids. You start interrogating my kids without permission and there's gonna be problems.
 
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modernhamlet said:
I was about to say the same thing. WTF are they doing taking a kid into a room alone and asking them questions without the parent's permission?

I have no problem w/ doctor's asking an adult patient if they feel safe. Domestic abuse is a serious problem and abused people need to be given the opportunity to reach out for help. As long as the doctor/hospital is being consistent with the question, there's no down side to asking.

But kids are kids. You start interrogating my kids without permission and there's gonna be problems.
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Yeah just ask Martha Coakley and the Fells Acres kids.
 
Rob Boudrie said:
-any feelings of hopelessness?

"yeah, sitting in the waiting room wondering if you are ever going to get to me".
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"your blood pressure is a little bit high"

"no s*** Sherlock, i walked up 4 flights of stairs to get here, i've been waiting in the waiting room 45 minutes after my scheduled appointment time and you keep bitching to me about my weight..... WTF do you think my blood pressure is a 'little high'."
 
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