I still don't like it

Post #221,520 by ben_tilly 8/29/05 7:43:30 PM Reply	I still don't like it First you're wrong about the message that the parents get. As it stands the message that they get is, We're not at liberty to discuss this topic. They neither get confirmation or denial that sex and drugs came up as issues. They get a big, blank slate. They don't get told, There is a problem, but we won't tell you what. They get told nothing. Review the case in point. The child gave out the clue that there was a potential problem. Nothing that the clinic said gave that away. Now your policy is basically an open invitation for suspicious parents to go on "fishing expeditions" to see if something is up. Which completely defeats the point of having confidentiality here in the first place. Again, consider the case where the parents run a drug operation, or the child is being sexually abused by a parent. Do you really think that the parent should be told what the child said? And before you suggest that the policy be to restrict what is said in that case, be aware that this is a signal to the parent that their kid said something they shouldn't, and further the clinic may not know of the issue, but telling a seemingly innocuous detail to the parent might trigger rage. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #221,523 by drewk 8/29/05 8:08:41 PM Reply	It's the dog that didn't bark If I call the hospital and ask what they treated my minor daughter for, I'll hear one of three types of things: 1. We haven't treated your daughter. 2. We set a broken arm. 3. We can't tell you. If I don't hear 1 or 2, I know it must be 3. And I know what the possible reasons are. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #221,524 by ben_tilly 8/29/05 8:13:42 PM Reply	Point. But... all that the kid has to do is go in for 2 reasons. Then you'll hear all about the one that the kid wants you to hear about. This works very well if the topic comes up during, say, a routine physical. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #221,534 by boxley 8/29/05 9:37:15 PM Reply	then you ask who signed the consent to treat forms unless its a planned parenthood clinic or a county std clinic, then you know what they are being treated for. Also if your insurance is dinged you have every right to see the records submitted for payment, then request the insurance not pay the claim until you have a diagnosis. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #221,580 by mmoffitt 8/30/05 10:34:57 AM Reply	Or, given the predilection physicians show for ... electronic records and internet transfer of such, just hack it ;0) bcnu, Mikem It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell

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