Chaperones for genital examination

The need for chaperones. Is greatest during intimate examination.

Is greatest during intimate examination EDITOR,-Arie Speelman and colleagues are inaccurate in stating that "the defence organisations strongly advise both female and male doctors always to use a chaperone."' The Medical Protection Society has long advised that a chaperone should ideally be present when intimate examinations are performed. Each year a small number (perhaps 10 or 20) practitione...

Malignant melanoma scrotal metastasis: The importance of the genital examination

CT: computerized tomography PET: positron emission tomography INTRODUCTION The total body skin examination is an essential component in the routine surveillance of patientswith a history of melanoma. The appearance of distant cutaneous and subcutaneous melanoma metastasis represents disease that is high risk for recurrence in visceral sites, and these patients must be monitored closely. Althoug...

External genital and dermatologic examination. Part I: The female patient.

Molecular Chaperones and Co-chaperones as Therapeutic Targets for Cancer

Cancer is a devastating disease that has affected millions of people, consumed tremendous efforts in the treatment/care and is incurable. Statistics from www.seer.cancer.gov show 14,140,254 people were living with cancer in 2013 in US with 1,685,210 new cases projected and 595,690 estimated deaths to occur due to cancer in 2016. Number of people surviving cancer (measured as 5-year survival rat...

Professionalism in the intimate examination: how healthcare practitioners feel about having chaperones present during an intimate consultation and examination.

BACKGROUND Despite the clear prohibition against sexual relations with one's patients, complaints of a sexual nature against practitioners registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) have been increasing. The HPCSA does not provide ethical guidelines regarding the use of a chaperone during intimate examinations. AIMS (i) To ascertain how a group of medical practitio...