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submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Let me preface by saying, I have my SUV all set up with a bed and a kitchen and all the amenities I need to camp out in the woods. I like it that way I'm enjoying myself I see no reason to change.

A couple of times I have mentioned that when seeing a doctor and the next thing I know, here comes the social worker with a stack of papers. I tell them that I'm doing fine. That I like how I'm living. I didn't ask for any unsolicited help. And they don't seem to listen at all. At some point they just leave me with a bunch of paperwork in a huff. I don't understand why they get so upset just because I don't want their help.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago

Why on earth is your doctor even allowed to share your personal situation with anyone? Did you consent to that? Else it's a quite severe violation of your privacy.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 16 hours ago

You'll flip when you find out that there are circumstances in which they are mandated by law to share your personal information. That stuff is regulated to hell, and rallying resources to help people sleeping rough is a good thing in my book. Maybe OP doesn't need the help but the other 99% of the people living on their cars are at huge risk to life. Starvation, hypothermia, malnutrition, human trafficking, prison, just to name a few.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago

Insane. Where I'm from they are not allowed to forward anything. Not even billing information to a third party payment provider without explicit written consent.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

It's usually strictly regulated what is allowed and what requires consent. Like I said, life saving is usually the intended criteria. That's how child molesters are caught. Are you gonna ask diddler daddy for consent to put him in prison for giving his daughter HPV?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Different pretense, if a kid is identified as a victim, authorities will be informed since they haven't reached maturity yet, and the alleged perpetrator is the legal guardian.

If an adult falls victim to sexual abuse, they will not inform any authorities on their behalf but leave it to the person.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

If an adult is a suspected victim of human trafficking the police will be alerted despite their consent. Sexual abuse victims will be contacted by police and social workers as it is their job, not the doctor's, to offer assistance and determine the consent and course of action to take. Same thing happened here, the doctor is not qualified to make the judgment call, so they call someone who is qualified and authorized to make such decisions. For doing so, the doctor is permitted and expected to partially disclose patient information, like identity and anything they saw or heard that prompted them to call social services or police. As they did in OPs case. This is not the violation of rights you think it is. It's actually a sensible compromise to try and protect the most vulnerable members of society. Adults can be vulnerable too.

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