Intimate examinations should not be performed without consent

Friday, June 20, 2008 - 01:56 in Health & Medicine

Editorial: Informed consent and intimate examinations Intimate examinations, performed by medical students on anaesthetised patients, are often carried out without adequate consent from patients, but this violates their basic human rights and should not be allowed, claims an editorial in the July issue of Student BMJ.

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