Could you be getting a pelvic or prostate exam during surgery?
Patients who have surgical procedures like an appendectomy don’t have any reason to expect that while they’re anesthetized, they may also be getting a pelvic or prostate exam from a medical student. However, in most states, that’s legal. Increasingly, lawmakers in those states – including Ohio – are working to change that. They want to prohibit medical personnel from allowing “intimate” exams to be conducted on patients while they’re under anesthesia if they’re unrelated to their surgical procedure -- or at least to require their informed written consent first. Some surgical consent forms...