Lynda

From another list. BTW, some public schools are sending out similar
questionaires!

Lynda
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> Intrusive Questionnaire Covertly Given To 13-Year-Old Daughter by
Pediatrician
>
> > <IMG SRC="bulletred.gif"> <A
HREF="file://\S%7C\ftpmass\monthly\archive%202001-2\March%202002\31102intrud
e2.htm">Read the questionnaire</A>
> >
> By Ed Oliver
> When Diane Neely took her 13-year-old daughter Amanda for a check-up at
> Pediatric Health Care Associates in Peabody recently, she became angry
when
> the nurse covertly gave the girl an intrusive questionnaire.
>
> It was the first time they had gone to that doctor who was listed in the
> health care directory of their provider, CIGNA PPO.
> "My daughter was sickened and felt horribly violated to being asked such
> questions," she says. The daughter told her, "These are not things that
you
> ask people like me. I'm only 13 years old, for heaven's sake."
> Neely told the pediatrician how offended she was and that she did not
> appreciate the office giving anything to her daughter behind her back.
> The doctor replied, according to Neely, state law requires that all
children
> are treated as if they are promiscuous and doctors have every right to
offer
> sexual advice, birth control, etc. without parental permission.
> Neely says, "I am so sickened. My daughter is a sweet, innocent girl who
> believes in God and never even dreamed of the horrible things she was
asked."
> She said her daughter has attended a Christian school in New Hampshire
since
> fifth grade.
> The form asks for information about guns in the home, fighting in the
home,
> friends' behavior, sex and drug activity, etc.
> Nev Moore from the parents' rights group, Justice for Families, tells
> MassNews, "This questionnaire is not only invasive, it is deliberately
> designed to undermine parental authority and decision-making, without the
> parents even being aware of it. In addition, it is a sneaky device used to
> manipulate children to unwittingly disclose information about their homes
and
> parents that can then be distorted and used to open the door for the state
to
> enter our homes and lives and take control of them."
> Not State Law
>
> MassNews was interested in finding out what state law mandates an
intrusive
> questionnaire to a young girl at the doctor's office without her parent's
> knowledge. We also wanted to know what the relevance some of the questions
> were to a check-up, and whether DSS was behind this form in any way.
>
> The pediatrician, Dr. Miriam Dunau, did not return repeated calls from
> MassNews seeking comment. MassNews even visited her office, but she would
not
> come out to discuss the matter. The receptionist gave the reporter the
name
> and contact number for "Neal Stephany," the supervisor located at another
> office. Pediatric Health Care Associates has 6 offices in the area.
Stephany
> would not return calls either. The head of nursing, Ann Costa, also did
not
> return calls.
> MassNews called the Mass. Board of Registration in Medicine, which
regulates
> doctors, to find out if there is a requirement to interrogate children
with
> an intrusive questionnaire.
> Spokesperson Claudette Houle told MassNews the Board of Registration does
not
> have any regulation associated with teen questionnaires.
> According to Neely, Dr. Dunau later called her and said it was
inappropriate
> to send a reporter to "harass" her and turn the incident into a big
circus.
> Neely answered that it was inappropriate for the doctor to give an
intrusive
> questionnaire to her daughter behind her back.
> According to Neely, the doctor then told her she must have misunderstood
> about the form or else Dunau didn't explain it right during their argument
> that day. The questionnaire, she said, was a clinic form and not required
by
> state law. She said the law does permit them to ask about and dispense
> contraceptives, and if she objects to the questions on the form, she has
the
> right to go elsewhere.
> "She changed her story," said Neely, who is considering filing a complaint
> with the Board of Registration in Medicine. "All of a sudden there is no
> state law." She said she not only objects to the questions, but at the
very
> top of the form they go behind her back.
> Neely says, "Now my eyes are open." She hopes other parents will also be
on
> the lookout for snooping by their doctors.

rumpleteasermom

I used to be a grammar nazi. But now in this forum, the only time I
even SEE them is if they strike me as funny. I read yours as intended
complete with the *L*. Although . . . upon further thought, how do
you 'repie' someone? Would that be when the rum raisin hits them on
the face just after they finished wipiung the lemon chiffon off?

Bridget

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Karin" <curtkar@c...> wrote:

>
>
> "replied" - corrected
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

rumpleteasermom

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Karin" <curtkar@c...> wrote:
> I am often my own grammar nazi. I ALWAYS catch my mistakes AFTER I
see my post come through. <g> Sometimes it bothers me enough to
correct it, sometimes not.
>
> Repie - I think your description is accurate. To "pie" someone again
after they have already been "pied". I have never been pied, have you?
:-)
>
> Karin
>
>

Only on March 14.

(HINT - It's a math joke.)

Bridget

Karin

> The pediatrician, Dr. Miriam Dunau, did not return repeated calls from
> MassNews seeking comment. MassNews even visited her office, but she would
not
> come out to discuss the matter. >>

Later, a reporter asked the doctor why she had not been returning the phone calls and also what was the exact intent behind the questionaire.

The doctor repied "I dunau."


Karin
(making light of a bad thing :-)

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Karin

> The pediatrician, Dr. Miriam Dunau, did not return repeated calls from
> MassNews seeking comment. MassNews even visited her office, but she would
not
> come out to discuss the matter. >>

Later, a reporter asked the doctor why she had not been returning the phone calls and also what was the exact intent behind the questionaire.

The doctor replied "I dunau."


Karin
(making light of a bad thing :-)



"replied" - corrected

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Karin

I am often my own grammar nazi. I ALWAYS catch my mistakes AFTER I see my post come through. <g> Sometimes it bothers me enough to correct it, sometimes not.

Repie - I think your description is accurate. To "pie" someone again after they have already been "pied". I have never been pied, have you? :-)

Karin





<I used to be a grammar nazi. But now in this forum, the only time I
even SEE them is if they strike me as funny. I read yours as intended
complete with the *L*. Although . . . upon further thought, how do
you 'repie' someone? Would that be when the rum raisin hits them on
the face just after they finished wipiung the lemon chiffon off?

Bridget >>

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Karin" <curtkar@c...> wrote:

>
>
> "replied" - corrected


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Karin

>
> Repie - I think your description is accurate. To "pie" someone again
after they have already been "pied". I have never been pied, have you?
:-)
>
> Karin
>
>

Only on March 14.

(HINT - It's a math joke.)

Bridget >>>



You are making me think too early in the morning! Math jokes, at 8:00 a.m.? <g>

Pied on March 14.

To be more precise, it would be at about 2:00 a.m. on March 14, right? Or maybe that thought is irrational. :-)
(3.142)

Karin

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