An informed consent law in Michigan would ensure that patient wellbeing remains the focus of medical practices, even when ...

There are no numbers to indicate how many pelvic exams have been performed nationwide without consent, but regional surveys suggest that the practice is not uncommon. A 2005 survey at the University ...

The pelvic exam should still be performed in certain situations in the ED, even amid conflicting research, a speaker at OMED ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...

Not too long ago, a medical student sent me an email. He was concerned that he had been asked to learn to perform a pelvic exam on a woman who had been anesthetized before having a surgical procedure.

Legislation introduced in Ohio statehouse could address an issue that many patients don’t know about: Non-consenual pelvic exams administered by medical students as practice in their studies while ...

Imagine you need a gynecological procedure that requires anesthesia or are taken to the hospital in an emergency. While you are hospitalized, your doctor takes advantage of your anesthetized or ...

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

A transvaginal ultrasound can provide more detailed images than an abdominal ultrasound and may be needed in late pregnancy.

A new Pennsylvania law will require medical facilities to obtain written and verbal consent from patients before performing pelvic, prostate and rectal exams on them while they are unconscious. The ...

Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017. Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved. But ...