tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post5256164426706994136..comments2010-02-16T15:23:52.370-08:00Scout's Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583814670832501297scout@unitedstatesofmotherhood.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-53721921340339069762010-02-16T15:23:52.370-08:002010-02-16T15:23:52.370-08:00Your logic is baffling...<br /><br />This is your argument:<br />Invasive pelvic exams=Canadian Healthcare, therefore, everything about Canadian Healthcare is bad!<br /><br />You might as well say:<br />People who perform rape=men, therefore, everything about all men is bad!<br /><br />You&#39;re not turning into a combat-boot, ultra-feminist lesbian on us are you?Sassmohttp://twitter.com/sassmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-76160728432787580372010-02-01T17:25:23.133-08:002010-02-01T17:25:23.133-08:00Ick. Not cool, at all. Thanks for the info, which at least opens the door to further research. <br /><br />www.hintonrae.wordpress.comLorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815467652400565214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-12726456091588638532010-01-31T11:57:13.953-08:002010-01-31T11:57:13.953-08:00No thanks. At all. Ever.Dumblondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08472225571357745676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-59148231160596154412010-01-30T14:11:34.780-08:002010-01-30T14:11:34.780-08:00Great post!<br /><br />I can&#39;t get over how disturbing this is. How is this legal anywhere? Even more troubled to read that this happens in the US, too!! I will NEVER go to a teaching hospital, that&#39;s for sure.CaraBeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04614627167922944626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-44269439965768110292010-01-29T09:03:53.387-08:002010-01-29T09:03:53.387-08:00That is creepy and I agree, very wrong. Yikes. <br /><br />It possibly could happen here in the Channel Islands. We are sort of under the British system, but sort of not, sort of independent as well. If it did happen here, you&#39;d know because there would be a couple of guilty-looking nuns skulking about when you woke up. Urgh.<br /><br />AmeliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-31589224646546500202010-01-29T08:48:35.910-08:002010-01-29T08:48:35.910-08:00I&#39;m not sure what year this is, but yeah, they may happen in some US teaching hospitals without consent. <br /><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=125094&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">Students Perform Pelvic Exams Without Consent</a> from ABC news.sassymonkeyhttp://sassymonkey.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-67045354206669316882010-01-29T08:37:02.762-08:002010-01-29T08:37:02.762-08:00Respectfully, I believe you are incorrect. The original article says that it is illegal in the U.S. and Britain:<br /><br />&quot;Guidelines in the United States and Britain say specific consent is required but, by contrast, Canadian guidelines state that pelvic examination by trainees is “implicit.&quot;<br /><br />See O.P.: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/time-to-end-pelvic-exams-done-without-consent/article1447337/<br /><br />No way does this happen in U.S. without informed consent.<br /><br />Yes, it happens at teaching hospitals, but waivers are signed. Women are getting probed by a gaggle of inexperienced hands and don&#39;t even know it!<br /><br />Experiences pelvic exams leave me bleeding, cramping, and in pain. Just one. I cannot imagine how I would feel after major surgery and 5-10 unnecessary pelvics. This is criminal.Scout's Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583814670832501297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5711314660374261745.post-85676708515057154872010-01-29T08:30:11.359-08:002010-01-29T08:30:11.359-08:00This has nothing to do with a national health care system, but something that can happen in *any* teaching hospital anywhere in the world, even in the U.S. Ergo, don&#39;t have surgery at a teaching hospital.JamaGeniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16973656461323918279noreply@blogger.com