nogutsnoglory
Moderator
Doctors & medical staff seem to record every piece of demographic data and symptom you report. Obviously they need to record everything to be thorough and protect themselves against negligence but what if you want to say something to your doctor in private?
If you want to confide your sexual orientation let's say for purposes of specific health concerns and ask your doctor not to document that information is it up to their discretion as to whether they do so? I suppose as a patient we would never know but I wonder if they need to respect our wishes or they are required to list it as part of the discussion during the visit.
In the US we have strict health care privacy laws known as HIPPA but I really have no clue how sensitive issues such as LGBT and other topics are handled.
I understand some have no issue being out to their medical teams and others don't see a reason to bring it up at all but I have important concerns but also don't want to face undue medical mistreatment.
If you want to confide your sexual orientation let's say for purposes of specific health concerns and ask your doctor not to document that information is it up to their discretion as to whether they do so? I suppose as a patient we would never know but I wonder if they need to respect our wishes or they are required to list it as part of the discussion during the visit.
In the US we have strict health care privacy laws known as HIPPA but I really have no clue how sensitive issues such as LGBT and other topics are handled.
I understand some have no issue being out to their medical teams and others don't see a reason to bring it up at all but I have important concerns but also don't want to face undue medical mistreatment.