Weird question came up today

[rackit]

My Dad ( now 88 years young and a vet of WW II and Korea) told me his Doc asked him if he had firearms in the house at a recent routine annual physical. Dad is a retired peace officer and still keeps his 41 mag service revolver close by. His answer to the Doc was " none of your f$($ing business.

His Doc told him that it was a required question after Obamacare as elderly people with access to a firearm have a higher percentage of suicide than those who don't. Wouldn't be surprised if this is at the root of your situation.


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[Wheel Gun]

My Dad ( now 88 years young and a vet of WW II and Korea) told me his Doc asked him if he had firearms in the house at a recent routine annual physical. Dad is a retired peace officer and still keeps his 41 mag service revolver close by. His answer to the Doc was " none of your f$($ing business.

LOL. If you think of it, give your dad thanks for his service and protection from the OSA community. Hats off to this man.

 

[SiGArmed]

Every single patient coming into the ER gets asked that question in addition to whether they "feel safe at home". Standard screening questions.

Yep. They do it on base every time you go in for something. Drill into your hand on accident? "Sir, do you feel like you might hurt yourself or someone else?". Every. Time.

 

[Shadowrider]

Mandated by the government. You have to ask these "safety" questions or you don't get paid.

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[CHenry]

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I love it! Quoted for posterity.

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[furlong222]

I would have to ask them if spanking Jennifer Lopez counts....

 

[SoonerP226]

At times like that, I tend to become sarcastic or give "funny" answers. I probably need to learn to suppress that tendency in this new world that we live in.

A friend of mine puts "chronic lycanthropy" on the forms in the doctors' offices just to see if they're paying attention.

 

[tRidiot]

A friend of mine puts "chronic lycanthropy" on the forms in the doctors' offices just to see if they're paying attention.

That's pretty good.

I just avoid going to the doctor, then I don't have to answer those stupid questions.

 

[rickm]

I was asked something like that once and replied with this "Only if your nurse is really into S&M i will try to satisfy her if not im not into it"
He had a really knock out nurse at the time.

 

[Lurkerinthewoods]

Just talked to my wife who does ER admitting and this was what she said. If you answer yes to any of those questions they will continue with the rest of the questions and when they're done, they will have you change into a gown and draw the curtains open so you can be observed. They then place you as an SI (suicide intentions) and notify the ER physician or psych doc on call to do an assessment. If during normal hours, the hospital behavioral assessment member will come down to do an assessment to see if you need a 72 hour time out or if you just need to follow up with your PC or Parkside.

Not sure if that was the answer you were looking for, but either way, I personally wouldn't want any medical form anywhere having my name attached to answering yes to those questions.