IMHO given that we are moving towards a national electronic medical records database, this may be one of the opening salvos in a contentious battle for privacy rights that goes well beyond the 2A.
For instance, I've seen references to several studies proving that people with criminal records are more likely to engage in smoking, binge drinking, drug use, and other medically risky acts. (Given the personalities of the crooks I've met, this comes as no real surprise.
) Therefore, does one's doctor have a right to know that one has a criminal record? If one tells the doctor in the course of a routine visit, what happens to this information? Who has a right to look at it? Will every medical professional who looks at one's records until the end of time be able to see that one was arrested for drug possession in 1996?
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Just an observation, though - if a doctor asks a question, and you feel uncomfortable answering it, why would you answer it?
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Doctors are authority figures. Many people deeply trust their doctors and assume that their personal information will be kept confidential. Most doctors ARE trustworthy. The question becomes, what laws should be necessary to
maintain that trust?