Most of us get to control access to our private healthcare information. If we're on blood thinners and we want to keep that confidential from future employers, we control it - we just don't say anything.
Not so in some professions, especially where public safety is involved. Still, in professions with public safety at issue, your employer would put safeguards in place to ensure the disclosure of your medical issues through questionaires and full-blown physicals, but your medical conditions aren't widely known by the public.
Not so in professional sports. Consider the case of DeMarre Carroll, as reported by SI.com:
"Former Missouri forward DeMarre Carroll earned the nickname "Junkyard Dog" for his blue-collar approach and relentless work ethic. Now he must convince NBA teams that a previously undisclosed liver disease won't keep him from being a pro.
Agent Mark Bartelstein confirmed Wednesday that Carroll, a first-team All-Big 12 pick and potential first-round draft selection, was diagnosed with a liver ailment "a couple of years ago." He downplayed the possibility that Carroll might eventually require a liver transplant.
"It's jumping the gun," said Bartelstein, a Chicago agent whose NBA clients include former Kansas star Brandon Rush and Eddie House of the Boston Celtics. "There's a possibility (of a transplant) way in the future, maybe 20 or 25 years down the road."
Carroll has been treated by Dr. Jeffrey Crippin of Washington University in St. Louis, a specialist in gastroenterology, liver disease and transplants. Crippin declined comment, referring questions to Carroll's agent.
Bartelstein said that Crippin is preparing a letter for NBA coaches, general managers and team doctors outlining Carroll's health before the June 25 draft."
In your workplace, such public disclosure would be the cause for a lawsuit. In professonal sports, it's given that everyone has the info and the info becomes public. Strange contrast...
Bartelstein said that Crippin is preparing a letter for NBA coaches, general managers and team doctors outlining Carroll's health before the June 25 draft."
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