Until recently it was standard practice to have med students perform medically unnecessary "practice" pelvic/rectal exams on unconscious patients w/o their consent. Still largely legal. There's a big disconnect in the medical community re: patient dignity. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelvic-exams-informed-consent/ …https://twitter.com/cyantist/status/1070132399525089280 …
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Mason 💦 👏 + 😷 + 🏃♂️ ✂️ Retweeted Cyan
Anyway, yes, "Medical care, except you treat patients like people" is an A+ startup ideahttps://twitter.com/cyantist/status/1070132776161005568 …
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Shhhh, any time anyone discusses this issue, medical students have to stay an hour later every day for a "Bedside Manner" class which has no effect except making them talk slightly more like overly polite robots.
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Hello, My Name Is Dr S And I Will Be Your Doctor Today Because You Are In The Hospital. You Are In The Hospital For Pneumonia And I Will Treat Your Pneumonia. Now I Will Jam This Needle Into Your Body. Now I Have Treated Your Pneumonia. My Name Was Dr S. Goodbye. We Respect You!
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Nobody has ever figured out a way to make patient complaints result in anything other than yet another Bedside Manner class. It might be some weird form of emotional blackmailing. "Don't complain, or the med students get more Bedside Manner."
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