Did you tell him? He will correspond in public and in private.
Does he not read OCDO? In the years that he has posted his thoughts on various matters in the newspaper a response to comments, the rational and thoughtful ones, is rare to say the least.
Mr. Eugene Volokh can come here to OCDO and explain his rational for thinking that a doctor has the right to ask a question not directly related to the medical ailment for which the citizen in front of him is requesting his advice.
Mr. Eugene Volokh can come here and explain how HIPAA is a safeguard against a mistaken good faith belief.
Mr. Eugene Volokh can come here and explain if a patient can bring a civil action against a doctor for his mistaken good faith belief.
Mr. Eugene Volokh can come here and explain how the ACA affects a citizen's ability to find a new doctor. Cloaking his premise with "most/many patients can find a new doctor" is nothing but a escape clause for his false comparison.
Some doctors likely do ask some such questions, on a relatively blanket basis. The questions are at least as intrusive as questions about guns; indeed, many people find some such information more private than gun ownership.
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Did not Mr. Eugene Volokh consider that a doctor may be a state (government) employee?
http://caph.org/
But even if one views the Second Amendment discussion as shorthand for an asserted interest in protecting people’s gun possession against (some) private restrictions, here no doctor’s speech has any power to take away any guns. Even if the doctor’s speech is mistaken (and indeed I find much “public health” literature about guns to be quite weak), “harassing,” or not sufficiently “relevant,” no amount of my doctor’s speech will cause my gun to disappear.
Mr. Eugene Volokh needs to review HIPAA.
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/faq/disclosures_for_law_enforcement_purposes/505.html
No, Mr. Eugene Volokh can come here and explain himself...not that he has any obligation to do so, he can always choose to ignore me and my requests/views and find another consumer of his views to interact with.
Mr. Eugene Volokh...yes, I do not hold Mr. Eugene Volokh in a high regard.