Physicians have remarkable training to be able to do what they do. That does not make them experts in everything, and there are plenty of areas where doctors can be ignorant and as fallible. That means they can be biased. [More]The court has given Gunquacks free rein to stick their beaks where they don’t belong.
Wouldn't a solution to the problem be to simply (and respectfully you might not want to p.o. your Doc - talk about pissing in your chicken soup!) advise him/her that you do not consider that information to be their business? You don't need to be nasty about it; just be firm.
ReplyDeleteMy Primary Care Doc knows I own guns; so does he. He also knows I consider him kith and would defend him as family.
Doctors - or anyone else - may ask whatever they wish. That does not constrain one to provide the requested information.