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Would you allow your medical visit to filmed for a reality show? Can you think of a reason that anyone would?

This is a clip from a British reality show GP's Behind Closed Doors.

Posted - January 27, 2023
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  • 3820
    No, I would not consent to being filmed and, frankly, after the first two minutes of this, all I wonder was whether anyone has any interest in private things remaining private these days.
      January 27, 2023 3:09 PM MST
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  • 11087
    Some Europeans consider Americans to be quite prudish. I'm OK with that.
      January 27, 2023 10:57 PM MST
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  • 3820
    Then call me a prude.  :)
      January 29, 2023 9:23 AM MST
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  • 1633
    Honestly, if used exclusively for educational purposes or even if seeing a medical procedure performed successfully on me would help ease any tension or paranoia of someone who may need the exact procedure then, sure.
      January 27, 2023 3:46 PM MST
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  • 11087
    That's a good reason. Even though this a reality show, presumably for entertainment,  I expect that many viewers may get information about symptoms they are worried about. 
      January 27, 2023 10:53 PM MST
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  • 1502
    For bragging? 

    I want everybody to know my tonsils.
      January 27, 2023 4:52 PM MST
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  • 11087
    Or maybe just for sympathy and attention.
      January 27, 2023 10:55 PM MST
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  • 3024
    Just for general health things a big "no."  If i had something exotic and unusual that would help the general public to become aware of, I might agree, "if" I had some control of the information to be used for the story. 
      January 27, 2023 6:27 PM MST
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  • 53524

     

      Nope to Question Number One, and yes to Question Number Two. Supposed fame and/or fortune, ego, naïvety, gullibility, misplaced assumptions of values, etc.
    ~

      January 27, 2023 7:18 PM MST
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  • 34432
    Nope.  

    I do know a Mother and her daughter who agreed to have their heart surgery filmed  (not for TV but to be used for medical school training) They were the first people in the country to get this type of heart procedure done.  It also made their surgery and aftercare free.  
    They each have an implant that help regulate their heart. There is a small metal ball like a BB inside it that moves up and down with their blood. If it is quiet and you stand next to one of them you can hear it bouncing.  These ladies did it to help others and to keep medical bills down.  

    Some people will do anything to be on television. This post was edited by my2cents at January 28, 2023 4:34 PM MST
      January 28, 2023 5:39 AM MST
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  • 7795
    This is my own life and it is in no way an open book. So, my answer would be no. People who would do such a thing are different apparently.
      January 28, 2023 7:03 AM MST
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  • 844
    No and no. The situation described by my2cents was not for a reality show. If I found myself in such a situation as she described, my answer may be different.
      January 28, 2023 7:22 AM MST
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  • 17614
    No.  Hell no.  There are those people though.
      January 29, 2023 1:29 PM MST
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