Ah. Those sort of regulations. G nodded, understanding her concern. "The thing to understand from a military stand-point, is the difference between privacy and confidentiality. In general, what you discuss with patients is private. However, it is not confidential solely between you. In certain cases, you have a responsibility to share the information with the Director because of the nature of the job. You don't have to share it with me," he added. "But, Director Vance should be informed. If someone's life would be in danger -- the patient, a member of the team, etc. -- or it could be crucial to a mission, for example if you know of a psychological trauma that might cause problems in judgement for an agent going into a specific undercover op situation, then you need to make him aware of it. As far as the rest of us are concerned, it's need to know and we
"Part of your job in those cases is to make sure the patient is not put into the field when it would be detrimental to the safety of themselves or others. To put it in sports terms -- you can sit us out of the game if it's for our own good or someone's."
When April said there was something else that had happened the before, G almost groaned. Really, there had been enough happening that day. But, then she kept talking and he grew thoughtful, considering her situation in a new light. Part of him wished they had Nate around, who could have given them a better picture of the psychological possibilities of why she felt as she did. "I'm not a psychologist. But, I suppose it's possible your mental block is directly connected to the actual weapon the shooters used at the hospital. The pistols bring up the memories and that triggers your fear. The rifles have a different association and don't trigger it the same way."