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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some diseases have well known genetic/ ancestry links. I don't click Hispanic on DEI type forms but do on medical ones since I am half Spanish and there are some linkages to cardiovascular diseases.[/quote]

Right. But we are here for a sports injury/x-ray.

And I’ve been here as recently as last month for myself and they didn’t ask me these questions.

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Sickle cell causes joint pain and inflammation, as an example.

People can go in for an assumed sports injury and they find it's something else altogether. I've known a few people with back and shoulder injuries, where it was actually cancer.[/quote]

+1 Some bone cancers are also heavily linked to geographic ancestry/ethnicity, and frequent fractures can be one sign of those diseases. [/quote]. 
Fine, as a doctor, if you believe this information would be necessary, explain the differential diagnosis, options/treatments and let me make an informed decision about what whether to disclose or allow me to opt for a particular treatment option. You, doctor, do not actually need to have your patient disclose all this information.
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The OP is at registration.

The doctor is not asking for this information to make a diagnosis.  I doubt the doctor even has access to it (or if they do it’s a PITA to find it).

I don’t know what it’s about.  [/quote]

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