Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the last year, The KSHB 41 News I-Team has helped shine a light on a medical practice that many may not know about: pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent, ...

Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is ...

A transvaginal ultrasound can provide more detailed images than an abdominal ultrasound and may be needed in late pregnancy.

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