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In reply to the discussion: Let me tell you about a little girl my wife is treating. [View all]unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)What struck a nerve was him posting on the net that his wife discussed her patients with him, sorry if you don't feel that is wrong. A persons wants to think that a doctor or anyone else in the medical field would keep their patients confidence. I know some don't but that doesn't make it right.
You can call BS all you want but he did make the above statement regarding his wife's patients. He went on to give details on one case such as:
age within a couple of years
sex of the child
describe one of the acts the adult did to the child (anyone can see edits)
siblings sex, age and how they are acting out regarding the abuse.
All you and others saw was the awful story about child abuse. Something we all care about and want more done to stop it.
What I saw was a person telling the world his wife talks to him about her patients. In my mind he broke two confidences, one to his wife and the other to her patients. When I pointed this out, he belittled me and basically made fun of how I feel. Some of us who have spent a life time with doctors and in and around hospitals due to long term illnesses, would like to think our very personal medical cases are private. It should be our choice on rather or not to tell our story. We know that there are medical professionals who do not respect this, still doesn't make it right.