Yeah, it's another gay thread, so what? It beats the ding dongs that post "is it tomorrow yet?" every GD day.

Quote:An openly gay Los Angeles man has filed a lawsuit against his former physician and a Southern California health network after both allegedly failed to remove a notation in the man’s medical history that labeled his “homosexual behavior” a “chronic problem.”

In 2013, Matthew Moore discovered that his doctor, Elaine Jones, had listed homosexuality as a disorder in his medical records. He asked her to remove the designation and was given “proof” that the records had been changed. One year later, however, Moore found that being gay was still listed as a “problem” on his chart, according to NBC Los Angeles:


Moore discovered the description in his medical records after undergoing a routine physical in April 2013 by Dr. Elaine Jones of the Torrance Health Association. …

Moore wrote a letter complaining about the designation to the Torrance Memorial Health Association and received a prompt apology …

Moore said he let the issue go, thinking the problem had been solved. But when he obtained a copy of his medical records in May, he said he was stunned to see that while the 302.0 code had been removed, “homosexual behavior” was still listed under “chronic problems.”

He said he later was given a second copy of his records on a CD, which did not contain the entry.

In July, Moore filed suit against both Jones and the Torrance Memorial Health Association, accusing them of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Initially, Jones defended the decision to list homosexuality as a disorder on Moore’s chart, claiming that the medical community still goes “back and forth” about whether being openly gay is a “chronic condition” — despite the fact that homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1973.

According to the lawsuit, the failure to remove the description from Moore’s chart involved a “pattern of deceit and medical record doctoring,” not simple human error as the health association has claimed. Moore is seeking damages for the alleged defamation, but he told NBC Los Angeles that the case is about more than his own distress.

“I gave them chance after chance and this time I’m not going to be silent. My silence would condone this activity,” Moore said. “I don’t want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that.”

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/13/californ...condition/

How is it libel?

It's not an accepted practice to list something that the American medical associations say is definitely not a condition as a chronic condition.

I guess something similar would be if a doctor labelled a man "chronic infidelity" on his medical record for cheating on his wife. That wouldn't be very pleasantly met.

(08-15-2014 02:56 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  It's not an accepted practice to list something that the American medical associations say is definitely not a condition as a chronic condition.

I guess something similar would be if a doctor labelled a man "chronic infidelity" on his medical record for cheating on his wife. That wouldn't be very pleasantly met.

So? Could very well be relevant to the condition of his health.

hmmm. who cares? it's stupid. if you are white, would you be offended if your whiteness was written as a chronic problem, or just laugh? Good luck on libel and IIED...the facts of this case do not fit either. Regardless, this isn't a credit rating. Med records are usually the docs property and his/her opinions about you. If you disagree, you get another doctor. Not sure why all of the fuss.

Could it not be relevant in a particular context concerning a specific disease and the transmission etc of that disease?

(08-15-2014 03:11 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Could it not be relevant in a particular context concerning a specific disease and the transmission etc of that disease?

That was the 2nd thing I thought after it being silly.

(08-15-2014 03:13 PM)pharaoh0 Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 03:11 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  Could it not be relevant in a particular context concerning a specific disease and the transmission etc of that disease?

That was the 2nd thing I thought after it being silly.

Well, you know what they say about great minds.

(08-15-2014 02:50 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  How is it libel?

Meh, just another cause of action that a plaintiff's lawyer throws out there to see what sticks. Unless the doctor was publishing his client's medical records (or you had a wacked out judge) that claim would never survive a summary judgment motion.

(08-15-2014 02:43 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Yeah, it's another gay thread, so what? It beats the ding dongs that post "is it tomorrow yet?" every GD day.

Quote:An openly gay Los Angeles man has filed a lawsuit against his former physician and a Southern California health network after both allegedly failed to remove a notation in the man’s medical history that labeled his “homosexual behavior” a “chronic problem.”

In 2013, Matthew Moore discovered that his doctor, Elaine Jones, had listed homosexuality as a disorder in his medical records. He asked her to remove the designation and was given “proof” that the records had been changed. One year later, however, Moore found that being gay was still listed as a “problem” on his chart, according to NBC Los Angeles:


Moore discovered the description in his medical records after undergoing a routine physical in April 2013 by Dr. Elaine Jones of the Torrance Health Association. …

Moore wrote a letter complaining about the designation to the Torrance Memorial Health Association and received a prompt apology …

Moore said he let the issue go, thinking the problem had been solved. But when he obtained a copy of his medical records in May, he said he was stunned to see that while the 302.0 code had been removed, “homosexual behavior” was still listed under “chronic problems.”

He said he later was given a second copy of his records on a CD, which did not contain the entry.

In July, Moore filed suit against both Jones and the Torrance Memorial Health Association, accusing them of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Initially, Jones defended the decision to list homosexuality as a disorder on Moore’s chart, claiming that the medical community still goes “back and forth” about whether being openly gay is a “chronic condition” — despite the fact that homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1973.

According to the lawsuit, the failure to remove the description from Moore’s chart involved a “pattern of deceit and medical record doctoring,” not simple human error as the health association has claimed. Moore is seeking damages for the alleged defamation, but he told NBC Los Angeles that the case is about more than his own distress.

“I gave them chance after chance and this time I’m not going to be silent. My silence would condone this activity,” Moore said. “I don’t want any gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual ever to hear from a doctor that their normal and healthy sexuality is anything other than that.”

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/13/californ...condition/

I've got three words and a fancy 80's themed gif for Matthew Moore...

Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

(08-15-2014 05:16 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

(08-15-2014 06:04 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 05:16 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

LOL!!!! That doctor must be reading this board too much...

(08-15-2014 06:06 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:04 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 05:16 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

Still doesn't change the fact that you ignored the one 'gay' thread started by a liberal. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

(08-15-2014 06:12 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:06 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:04 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 05:16 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

Still doesn't change the fact that you ignored the one 'gay' thread started by a liberal. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

Too bad you're wrong...like always.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-697834-post-109...id10977741

Guess you missed that one...I didn't

(08-15-2014 06:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:12 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:06 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:04 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 05:16 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Another day, and another conservative starting a gay thread...

You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

Still doesn't change the fact that you ignored the one 'gay' thread started by a liberal. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

Too bad you're wrong...like always.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-697834-post-109...id10977741

Guess you missed that one...I didn't

I suppose I can thank DoctorKreiger for bumping the thread up. Allowing me to see it, before I read your witty response. Yet you convieniently ignored this.......

http://csnbbs.com/thread-698438.html

.......where I might add you never responded to. Since it was started by a liberal, I'm not the least bit shocked at your lack of a response.

(08-15-2014 07:11 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:12 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:06 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:04 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  You must've been living under a rock the past couple of days. Because you very obviously ignored the gay thread that WASN'T started by a conservative.

Another day, another ignorant post by UofMemphis.......

I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

Still doesn't change the fact that you ignored the one 'gay' thread started by a liberal. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

Too bad you're wrong...like always.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-697834-post-109...id10977741

Guess you missed that one...I didn't

I suppose I can thank DoctorKreiger for bumping the thread up. Allowing me to see it, before I read your witty response. Yet you convieniently ignored this.......

http://csnbbs.com/thread-698438.html

.......where I might add you never responded to. Since it was started by a liberal, I'm not the least bit shocked at your lack of a response.

I already told you, dumb***, I had to work...

(08-15-2014 07:25 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 07:11 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:12 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(08-15-2014 06:06 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I had to work a couple of double-shifts on Wed and Thu.......just another ignorant assumption from a yuppie northerner.

Still doesn't change the fact that you ignored the one 'gay' thread started by a liberal. I'd be lying if I said I was shocked.

Too bad you're wrong...like always.

http://csnbbs.com/thread-697834-post-109...id10977741

Guess you missed that one...I didn't

I suppose I can thank DoctorKreiger for bumping the thread up. Allowing me to see it, before I read your witty response. Yet you convieniently ignored this.......

http://csnbbs.com/thread-698438.html

.......where I might add you never responded to. Since it was started by a liberal, I'm not the least bit shocked at your lack of a response.

I already told you, dumb***, I had to work...

you sound whiney.... wearing high heels for double shifts must be a *****.