"The American Medical Association (AMA)(2), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)(3), and American College of Physicians (ACP)(4) are urging doctors to probe their patients about guns in their homes. They profess concern for patient safety. But their ulterior motive is a political prejudice against guns and gun owners. And that places their interventions into the area of unethical physician conduct called boundary violations."
This quote is from an editorial:
Boundary Violations ---
Gun Politics in the Doctor's Office
Timothy Wheeler, MD
To repeat Dr. Wheeler's conclusions, these political, idealogically-driven questions are boundary violations which are explicitly defined as unethical in their context.
Makes no difference whether you are questioned by a clerk, nurse, PA or the MD. Such questions are violations, without cause, of the patient/doctor relationship and should be reported to the appropriate state medical association because the violation is ultimately the responsibility of the doctor.
Make it plain to your doctor that two things will happen:
1. Your violation will be reported;
2. Your services are no longer needed.
Doctor/patient relationships terminated by the patient, with prejudice, are no joking matter...and shouldn't be.
