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On the recordApril 4, 1995
If the gentleman would not mind yielding for a second, I hope that we do not ask children these type of questions. But perhaps as a physician, perhaps you find that there is a need to do so. I think you have so stated. But these are the kind of questions I would not want anyone to ask my child. But if there is consent requested already, then I would certainly give my consent to do that, in a nonwritten.
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Cardiss Collins
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing concerns about questions posed to children in a medical context.

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