are health issues among those forbidden topics that an interviewer is not allowed to ask about? i definitely agree that mentioning health issues is a bad idea.

are health issues among those forbidden topics that an interviewer is not allowed to ask about? i definitely agree that mentioning health issues is a bad idea. but how does one explain gaps if they are caused by a hospital stay? i don't have any such gaps, but in my CV i only mention years, not months, so one job ends in 2012 and the next one starts in 2013 regardless of the month where that actually happened. if i get any pushback on that, i'd see that as a sign of trouble. besides in any gap i was freelancing anyways.