(February 28, 2016 at 9:25 am)Mr.wizard Wrote:(February 28, 2016 at 3:25 am)paulpablo Wrote: This blows my mind on two levels.
1) I don't get why guns are a medical issue. In most instances I can't imagine why a doctor would ask about anyone's guns. Guns are dangerous but doctors aren't there to give firearms advice. Vehicles are dangerous but as far as I know but doctors don't question you randomly about your driving skills, what vehicle you drive and so on, generally.
2) I can think of a few instances in which a doctor might be curious about if a patient had guns or not, for example doctors sometimes ask you if you drive when they give you heavy medication that might prevent you driving. In some cases they don't ask if you drive, they just say don't drive if you take this medication.
This seems to me to be a problem that's just escalated and got out of hand maybe some doctors asked too many prying questions about guns that they shouldn't have then the backlash is a law that prevents any questions about guns.
I don't know for sure if that is the case but I've been asked questions about my religion and about my friends by a doctor before who suggested I go out and get rid of my old friends and try and find some Christian friends and organizations to help me when I went in there with a problem with an irregular heart beat. It is possible for a doctor to use their position to give out opinions on things they shouldn't do so maybe this was the case in America with guns.
But anyway in conclusion I don't think doctors should be focused on asking prying questions about guns, on the other hand there's some situations where a doctor might be a bit curious about the persons gun ownership and should be allowed to ask.
I think a doctor may ask you about operating a motor vehicle if he is an eye doctor or mental health professional. If the doctor is a mental health professional I think it should not only be legal to ask if the patient has any deadly weapons, but also ethical.
I just found out that doctors are obliged to inform the DVLA if drivers are not medically fit to drive, I don't know how a doctor would find out if a patient does drive or not. Looking at it from this perspective then I think doctors should basically treat guns the same as cars, I don't know how they go about finding if their patients are gun owners or car owners though.
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