Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — On Friday, July 7, Governor Parson signed Senate Bill 106 into law, in part requiring healthcare providers to acquire consent for medical exams while the patient is unconscious or ...

Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke University ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Monday, the federal government issued new recommendations that require hospitals to get consent before conducting intimate exams on patients, especially those under anesthesia.

Imagine you are a patient who is undergoing abdominal surgery, perhaps you have a gynecological or prostate issue. Naturally you gravitate to the best hospital in your network or you follow your ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My teenager asked me the other day, ever so nonchalantly, “Mom, did you know that you can have a pelvic exam without knowing it while you are unconscious?” ...

TRENTON, N.J. - Legislation that protects unconscious patients from invasive examinations without prior consent has been signed into law. The New Jersey Assembly of Democrats said in a release Tuesday ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Savanah Harshbarger estimates she performed as many as 10 pelvic exams last year on patients before gynecologic surgeries, feeling for fibroid tumors or other abnormalities. The Duke ...