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Topic: Doctor Visits & Confidentiality

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Subject	Date Submitted
Do not want parents to know (via insurance)	11/02/2011
15 and worried about sex	09/07/2011
Planned Parenthood without mom	08/17/2011
Erection during physical	08/15/2011
Which doctor for birth control (mom)	08/15/2011
Does mom have to know?	07/01/2011
Seeing a doctor without mom	10/15/2010
Confidentiality	10/07/2010
Cost of Planned Parenthood	10/04/2010
Teen on mirena	07/30/2010
Pain with intercourse	07/30/2010
What is a pap smear?	07/23/2010
Mom wants me "checked"	07/23/2010
Need a pap smear?	07/07/2010
Parents and abortion	07/07/2010
Did not finish pills	06/26/2010
Can the doctor tell my mom?	06/16/2010
Anxiety and throat	06/16/2010
Parents' Insurance	06/16/2010
Bone in vagina?	05/14/2010
Integrative Manual Therapy	05/05/2010
Tell mom?	03/12/2010
Gyno for first time?	03/12/2010
When to start Depo?	03/10/2010
Retracting foreskin	03/10/2010
IUD string annoys partner	02/12/2010
Brown discharge and Plan B	01/13/2010
Telling mom I am pregnant	09/15/2009
Parental Consent for abortion	08/24/2009
STD in mouth?	07/09/2009
Birth Control Access in Palo Alto	05/08/2009
Pubic hair - white/yellow stuff on tips	05/05/2009
Pain in abdomen and when urinating	02/24/2009
Exam with female doctor	01/30/2009
Male embarassment over female doctor exam	01/27/2009
Scared abaout discharge and vaginal pain	01/16/2009
vaginal discharge and pain around period	01/14/2009
Daughter is having sex	01/09/2009
Reproductive health care without parent knowing	01/02/2009
STD testing without parents knowing	12/23/2008
Will doctor tell my parents I am cutting myself?	10/02/2008
Parents come to doctor?	09/16/2008
Using birth control?	08/19/2008
See GYN without mom knowing	08/07/2008
Can my doctor prescribe birth control?	07/01/2008
Mom wants Dr. to check hymen	06/24/2008
Asking boyfriend to be checked for STIs	06/19/2008
Sexually active - do not want mom to know	04/29/2008
Piercing and confidentiality	03/25/2008
Florida and confidentiality	03/04/2008
Pills without mom	02/26/2008
Eating disorder/confidential?	02/19/2008
Gyno visit without mom knowing	01/31/2008
Vaginal exam without parents knowing	01/29/2008
Lump inside vagina and no period	01/15/2008
What happens during physical	01/15/2008
Can the doctor tell	01/08/2008
Do not want mom at visit	01/08/2008
First sex - need care	12/11/2007
Gynecologist	12/11/2007
Purple vagina	11/27/2007
Irritation and redness around vagina	10/01/2007
Parents need to know?	08/28/2007
Dr. not telling mom!	08/21/2007
Fingering and vaginal lip	07/16/2007
Can't pull foreskin back	06/20/2007
Will mom know?	05/31/2007
Bumps and pain when peeing	05/31/2007
14 -- questions about vagina and anus	04/26/2007
13-yr-old exam with mom	03/27/2007
Sex with an older man	03/23/2007
HPV test without parents knowing	03/23/2007
Gyn tell parents?	01/30/2007
Sexually activity and doctor appointments	12/04/2006
Tell your doctor everything	12/04/2006
Exam and no insurance	02/15/2006