My sister got an unexpected phone call/voicemail from a chaplain at MDA last night which was followed up by an email asking her to call back and participate in a spiritual intake. She has late stage cancer but has weathered through this battle and is going through a new chemo regime. Her first thought was OMG, I'm dying. Her initial shock turned into anger. This was an invasion of privacy. I would think that the HIPPA act would prevent her contact information being shared without her permission. I'm not saying that spiritual counseling doesn't have its value, but it is a personal choice. She goes to MDA a great personal expense because of the medical care that she gets. They clearly overstepped their bounds here.
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