(( VaginaPagina ))

I agree with you that asking what the question is for might be useful, but I've got to say I get really angry at the type of behavior natane is describing. I think the problem is that it implies that I'm incapable of making my own informed decisions, and it also implies that all patients (especially all women) are the same. It's condescending. I also get enraged by rampant pregnancy testing when pregnancy is irrelevant. For example, a year ago I went in for a tetanus shot and they wanted a pregnancy test. I refused it, because I'm not sexually active, but what really made me see red is that the tetanus vaccine isn't contraindicated if you're pregnant: in fact, pregnant women are urged to get the vaccine if they are out of date! I called and complained as far up the food chain as I could but no one could give me any sort of rationale for why they wanted a pregnancy test, or why they asked me about LMP and still wanted a pregnancy test. I'm still furious about it over a year later.