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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

LiberalLoner

(10,709 posts) Sat May 17, 2014, 07:11 PM May 2014

Does anyone else resent it when doctors ask if you have any children, or where you [View all]

Go to church?

I consider both of those questions to be really personal questions that I feel doctors have no business asking.

To be clear, this is not in conjunction with family planning or anything like that.

It is simply "busybody" stuff, a false intimacy that doctors seem to love to force on me for some reason.

Sometimes I feel like I need to wear a sign that says, "I don't like you. I don't trust you. I am forced out of necessity to temporarily submit to you in order to get the medicines and tests I need. I don't want to become friends with you. Ask medically essential questions only."

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Does anyone else resent it when doctors ask if you have any children, or where you [View all] LiberalLoner May 2014 OP

I have never had any doctor ask me either of those questions, ever. CaliforniaPeggy May 2014 #1

I always reply politely but inside I seethe. LiberalLoner May 2014 #2

Kids, no. Church, yes Warpy May 2014 #3

Well, I still feel it's none of their business. I hate doctors with a passion. LiberalLoner May 2014 #4

If you will never let them in, why bother to go to them at all? What are you expecting them to do, enough May 2014 #6

I discuss my symptoms, medical history, medications. I do not let my doctor develop a fake LiberalLoner May 2014 #12

If you are a woman, it is not outside of bounds for a doctor to ask if you have had children. enough May 2014 #5

I believe the KC May 2014 #9

A doctor could ask Delmette Jul 2014 #15

having kids changes lots of things. mopinko May 2014 #7

I live in the northeast and never been asked these questions. RGinNJ May 2014 #8

Never had any doctor ask about church kdmorris May 2014 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalLoner May 2014 #11

I'm glad you're not my patient. lululu May 2014 #13

I have a terrific neuro right now. He treats me very professionally, and in turn LiberalLoner May 2014 #14

I'm In Good Shape With My Neuro Too ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #16