Doctor visits

So, I recently went to the doctor for a sickness and while I was there I realized how many maxims there are in a simple visit. For one, Some people do not exactlty tell the whole truth when they visit the doctor for personal embarassment issues. This is definately flouting the maxim of quality. However, if one doesnt tell the whole truth then it is hard for a correct diagnosis. In my case, I told the whole truth. I had just been running a temperature and caoughing non stop. He then asked me some questions in which I thought HE was actually flouting the maxim of relation. He asked if I had been vomitting. I suppose it wasn't an absurd question but I usually don't correlate a sore throat with vomitting! However, he is a doctor, and in his eyes I suppose it IS all relative. It is funny how in certain settings one maxim can mean one to 1 person and something completely opposite to another. What do you guys think? Do you think in a doctor setting it is important to never flout?