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Who DOES this? (in a restaurant in cleveland park...)
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| it doesn't violate HIPAA if no uniquely identifying information is shared. as in, the doctor can describe any number of symptoms but as long as you can't identify the patient (or weren't given info that cold identify the patient) no privacy laws have been violated. tacky, sure, but not unethical or illegal. |
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Shrieking babies are cute? |
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It does not matter that she did not diclose the patients name...she was in a restaurant and YES there is something wrong with that. From what OP said its not like she was taking an emergency patient call but was returning her calls that she got backed up over the weekend. What a moron of a woman to do this in th restaurant. When my doctor calls me back on the weekend its normally from her home and thats why there are doctors on call and they all take turns on the off hours. It was rude no matter what!
And another thing for the pp who was like "she had every righ to take her kid out and enjoy the restuarant as you did," NO she should have been taking care of her kid and NOT disrupting an entire restaurant. People are so RUDE! |
Anonymous
Why would you assume that she was calling back an old call from the day before? I seriously doubt it. You wouldn't believe what people call for on weekends- chronic issues, medication refills for non urgent medications, etc. And honestly, you don't know her call schedule. Do you know what it's like to be on call for a week straight? Or perhaps she's in a group practice and when she does cover a weekend once a month it's for multiple patients who are not her own? Perhaps she was returning a call to the hospital? Perhaps her companion is also a medical professional who also takes call and this is the only time they have together? Full disclosure, I'm a doctor and while I attempt to make every effort possible at discretion it's not always possible and I certainly am not not going to spend my entire weekend at home waiting for possible pages. Some weekends I may get five calls and another weekend it's more like 75 +. I'm not going to miss my kids' school picnic or game or miss out on precious time with my family because I might get called. Do I go to a movie when I'm on call, no. Do I go to dinner, sometimes. Especially if it's an off time and not crowded. Do I return calls from my table? Usually not but perhaps she was with another medical professional who said, I don't care, return the call from here. It's not like she went at 7pm - she's at an empty restaurant at 4pm in the afternoon. |
Anonymous
| PP if you are a doctor...then I would be disgusted if you said it was OK to take medical calls at the dinner table IN PUBLIC. You are just as disgraceful to try and defend the woman. I would hate for you to be my physician! |
Anonymous
| According to OP, the doctor's questions/comments to her phone caller were "Is she sexually active yet? Is there a history of uterine cancer?" To me, it sounds like a pediatrician talking to a worried parent about a teen's extremely heavy menstrual bleeding. I would want my pediatiatrician to return this call ASAP -- stopping to pop into a local, empty restaurant on a weekend afternoon seems totally appropriate and professional to me and it was OP sitting down next to this doctor who was at fault. Get up and move away and give this doctor privacy. Why sit down next to ANYONE in an empty restaurant? |
cuzimawesome
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You are incredibly dramatic. You should get into acting. Perhaps channel that energy into something that will make you happy. |
Anonymous
| With all the ridiculous shit going on, if this is the type of thing that incites your outrage, you might be little too tightly wound. Next time you go for sushi, order the sake. |
Anonymous
| Clueless. Many here are proud to be clueless, Op have you noticed? I have had people next to me (I moved like you did) speaking loudly about so and so's cancer from start to finish, gory details seemingly enhanced. I have personal reasons for NOT paying to tolerate this. You did the right thing. Entitled ones be damned. Especially if the entitled one is a doctor who should know better. |
Anonymous
I agree. Just because it is a public place does not mean that people can act and do what they like with disrespect for others. Our society has become ridiculous with these bahviors such as talking on the cell phone in the gym, letting your children run around a restaurant and throwing food on the ground and not looking up once, and usingcell phones in movies, restaurants you name it! There are places that people go to unwind and enjoy themselves and the nature of this womans behavior was rude. I am sure the "entitled" people on DCUM will disagree but if you need to talk go outside. Its common sense but many people forget that others are around them. |
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have to agree with the good doc
I have a friend who's a pediatrician with two kids. She's on call obviously. Her husband has an odd schedule. So when Ped Friend is alone with kids but on call, what do you expect her to do? She's going to run errands. She may go to the park. She may even schedule some playdate. But she won't ignore her patients if she gets a call. And if that means talking about a UTI in McDonald's, then so be it.
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Anonymous
| Never in a sushi restaurant! If it had been Thai or Italian ... |
Anonymous
Would you also be disgusted if I went into labor and birthed a baby through my vajayjay right on your table top? |
Anonymous
Wow you must be so cool as it's apparent from your username. It's nice to know they let 13 year old idiots register on here. I will certainly take your advice bc you are really cool and smart! |
cuzimawesome
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I'll have you know that I'm not 13 years old. I'm 32, okay? I'll also have you know that I'm not an idiot. How dare you call me such a name. BUT, you are correct when you say I'm cool and smart. I'm glad you're gonna take my advice. A drama class would do you a lot of good. |