'The general public has no awareness of it,” Dr. Ari Silver-Isenstadt told the New York Times. “When I talked to my colleagues in medicine about it, it didn’t seem like a red flag to them'
Apparently, not all hospitals obtain informed consent before performing pelvic exams on unconscious patients. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Giving an unconscious patient a pelvic exam feels like the kind of thing that should require their definitive, informed consent — but according to a report from the New York Times, a number of hospitals don’t necessarily follow that protocol.
Later, she returned to consciousness with her feet in metal stirrups and a speculum inside of her, cold and foreign. Ms. Weitz cried out in discomfort. She recalled that the doctor responded, “Hang on, I’m almost finished.”
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