I found the mailings in response to the chaperone dilema very
interesting.When I posted the original mail I also sent a copy to
Family-L, the USA primary care mailing list.There was quite a response
with a wide range of views.Some of the doctors will hardly examine at
all without a chaperone,some do sometimes and don't when they think the
patient won't mind and a few had interesting solutions.Among these was a
doctor who had a notice up saying that if a patient wanted a chaperone
they should bring their own.Another writer, always using a
chaperone,went even further and recorded in his notes that the
examination had been conducted in the presence of viz..,as one writer
said,they're very litigation concious over there!
Best wishes,
Peter Glover
Rayleigh
Essex
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Peter Glover
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