Uffdaphil wrote:I've been trying to think of the best reply to convey why asking the question is improper. How about something along this line?
"How is using your professional position to ask a partisan political question not a breach of medical ethics? And if you claim it is based on health concerns, why have you not inquired about other potentially dangerous tools in the home? MYOB Doc."
Kinda wordy and awkward. Wordsmithing welcome.
You can make that statement if it will somehow make you feel better, but you run the risk of being fired as a patient. That doctor is trying to do his job the best he/she can according to the commonly applied best practices. They don't necessarily have any particular political ax to grind. There's no reason to for you to be rude, just as there's no reason that that doctor has to put up with it. He/she could easily just terminate the visit and ask you to find a new doctor rather than putting up with rudeness.
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