Can a doctor be in trouble if....?

Question

they announce your you have symptoms for something infront of people, that it isnt in private? Basically i went to the doctors with my mate and we were there for nearly 2 hours despite having an appointent and after we thought shed finished, the doctor said she could go, but the nurse said she had to stay for a bit longer for some reason. So after another wait we decided that we wud tell the receprionist that we were leaving and explained that we had to go home. It was at this point a different nurse/doctor said they wanted to see my mate and she got annoyed that we were going to leave(this is after much waiting!)and siad in annoyanace "do u want me to talk to you here?" my mate said yes cos she didnt have any symptoms for anything, she just went for a chat with the doctor and tests that wouldnt be known for a couple of weeks. So she wasnt expecting th doctor to reveal she has the symptoms for something and in front of people! Surely this is unprofesional?

No, im just asking a question here! Its the principle of it. And no, my mate didnt have anything serious that needed any medication. But doctors dont have to be rude!

And jasper? you sound like a typical person that comes on here just to moan about something and pick on people. I think someone needs anger management! or at least some social skills!

Answer 1

You and your mate were treated without regard to privacy. HIPPA regulations clearly state he is in the wrong.

Answer 2

Every patient does indeed have the right to privacy, and under normal circumstances they would be in violation with the potential to lose licensure. But, unfortunately, your mate denied her rights when she answered "yes" to the nurses question of "would you like to talk here?".

If there were witnesses to the nurse asking this question of your mate and it's well documented, they are covered from any malpractice. The nurse was acting professionally by asking first. Had she not, it would have been a violation.

I know this isn't what you wanted to hear. But, in the future understand that you can uphold your own rights as well, including your right to say "no".

Answer 3

if she's over 16, and she doesn't give explict consent for private info to be revealed, that's a violation of doctor/patient confidentialty. one exception could be if a doctor and a nurse were working the same patient, and needed to compare notes relavant to the current problem in order to facilitate treatment. nothing else about the patient is allowable to come up in discussion. even if patients aren't mentioned by name, medical professionals should avoid discussing any procedures or tests that are performed if it's not directly related to that person in the here and now. for example, if ur discussing mr.smith's cbc(complete blood count) because it will effect how ur about to treat his condition, that's allowable among staff that are directly connected to his case. however, staff are *not* to say "u won't believe how messed up this guy's liver was in surgery today" because that's confidential, and u never know who is listening. the patient's family might be w/in earshot, and would *u* wanna hear a nurse talking about how gangernous ur loved one's liver was?

Answer 4

They asked your mate if she wanted to talk their and she said yes

Answer 5

actually its not unprofessional. the nurses/doctors covered their asses when they asked "do u want me to talk to you here?" ... and your mate should of thought a little harder before saying yes ... sorry for the disappointment

Answer 6

Must have had something nasty. Did you get a creme for it.
Think of dying of a slow horrible death with no doctor around before picking on a doctor. Should have thunk before saying yes. Get off it. If you don't like waiting find another doctor as this seems to be why you are torked off. You sound like a typical lazy person looking at tsking advantage of a hard working doctor. Cause you think they just sit around making the big bucks. Thats not how it works> Duh reality check!