It might be enlightening for all physicians to undergo anal examinations
carried out by patronising, insensitive and dismissive examiners during
their student days! Many medical students badly need training in empathy.
I just do not accept that emotional detachment is a necessary requisite in a
medical student.
Rayner Garner
Diony Young wrote:
> To everyone,
>
> An article about vaginal exams was published in BIRTH. It is "You'll Feel
> Me Touching You, Sweetie: Vaginal Examinations During the Second Stage of
> Labor," by Linda Bergstrom, Joyce Roberts, Leslie Skillman, and John
> Seidel, published in Birth 1992;19(1):10-19.
>
> Diony Young, Editor, Birth
>
> Diony Young
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