The question on the table is what questions doctors may ask. It doesn't take much "authority" to ask questions -- just the same authority (flowing partly from the First Amendment and partly from just normal liberty) for you to ask me a question, or a doctor to ask me a question. If the doctor wants to ask me whether I read Bukowski, I can easily tell him "I'd rather not talk about that"; there's no basis for laws (as in Florida) or other coercive measures to restrict that, and there is a law (the First Amendment) that limits attempts to restrict that.
Eugene ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Heath [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: doctor "boundaries" There's a nexus between every sub-atomic particle in the universe, so all boundaries are meaningless unless we give them meaning. Like the Commerce Clause, there's got to be a limit to doctors' authority. Otherwise the AMA might as well dictate everything down to maintenance schedules for airliner engines, since that's a risk factor for their patients. What doesn't affect our health or mental health? A doctor who interrogates you about your bookshelf and tells you to get rid of Bukowski and _No Second Place Winner_ on "health" grounds has overstepped his boundaries. _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
