Investigative Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
CLEVELAND — She woke up screaming. She felt disoriented. Her clothes had been removed. Her feet were in stirrups.It was hours after she was admitted to an emergency room for nausea, vomiting, and a rapid heartbeat.
No one tracks how many pelvic exams are performed without patient consent. It is also difficult to determine how often they happen because patients are unaware the exams occurred. "Medical students often feel awful," Bruce said."We all intrinsically know that people have the right to decide what happens to their bodies.
So far, 25 U.S. states have passed legislation to end the practice, according to Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson, who has tracked legislation for years. "These decisions are being made based on bad data," Bruce said."When you look at a number of surveys and policies that have been implemented already that require explicit consent, patients are enormously in favor of agreeing to these exams."News 5 Investigators surveyed the ten largest healthcare systems about their practices and policies.
Five healthcare systems, including the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals, sent statements that said they do not permit the practice. However, they declined to share their copies of of their policies or consent forms.
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