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

What would you say if your sixth-grade daughter reported from school one day that a strange doctor had forced her to submit to a gynecological examination during class time? What a ridiculous question ...

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

Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients. Ashley Weitz, who received an unauthorized pelvic exam in 2007, ...

San Diego County may not remove children from their homes and subject them to highly intrusive physical examinations without parental permission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ...

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BROOKLYN (CN) - Rikers Island prison guards force incoming detainees to undergo gynecological exams or face isolation for refusing, despite a 2006 legal settlement that allows women to refuse the test ...

A Franklin County doctor serving 30-95 years in jail on drugging and sexual assault charges has pleaded guilty to a charge related to his medical practice. Sohael Raschid, 62, pleaded guilty to a ...