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[quote=Anonymous]It's likely not the asking of the questions, but either how they are being asked or other ancillary behavior. There's no reason to refuse people who ask questions -- appropriate questions at the right time help with medical care.

Questions can be inappropriate in phrasing or presentation.

I have refused to allow one caregiver to come in with a child and then, when he was the only one who came in with the child, discharged the child from my practice. The man kept asking me if I would circumcise him, offering me money under the table, and insisting that I should do this for him. That's not what you might think, but I am certain he framed it to others as "I was just asking."

I refused to allow another parent in with his child, although the mother could still bring her in. Our clinic was closed Wednesday afternoons, and the front door was unlocked. He found a back door unlocked and brought his toddler in, insisting that we needed to test and treat her for a UTI, He was belligerent and cursing, saying that he wasn't going to take her to sit in an ER since we were right there and I was her doctor, so if I cared about children, I would take care of her. We were in the middle of an office party, and I'd had a glass of wine with lunch, so I declined. This was a difficult and dangerous situation, and I was pretty close to calling the police. [/quote]

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