?The Patient Exhibits Extreme Curiosity?

Patients regularly ask their doctors not to write disclosures in their records for any number of reasons. The information might be embarrassing, and they don?t want other health care workers to find out. Or there might be legal implications?perhaps the patient is planning to sue someone for an injury and doesn?t want the defendant to know about his pre-existing conditions. In some cases, legal documentation and reporting requirements prevent the doctor from granting the request. Don?t ask your doctor to keep a gunshot or knife wound quiet, for example, because they suggest criminal behavior. Indications of rape or child abuse also trigger reporting requirements. The doctor also must report certain infectious diseases, like tuberculosis, pertussis, gonorrhea, botulism, and, in some states, HIV.

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