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Welcome to Medical Patient Modesty

Medical Patient Modesty is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes stronger patient modesty in medical settings and educates patients about how they can stand up for their wishes regarding modesty in medical settings. Our mission is to help to promote stronger patient modesty in medical settings and help medical professionals to be more sensitive to the importance of patient modesty in medical settings and help patients and their spouses who wish have same gender care for certain procedures and/or surgeries get their wishes.

Medical Patient Modesty is still in beginning stages so we will need to raise funds for start up costs. If you wish to donate, please Please share feedback about issues you think we should address on Medical Patient Modesty's blog. Medical Patient Modesty is looking for volunteers.

There are so many cases where patients have no idea that they will have their underwear taken off during surgeries. There have been some cases where patients woke up surprised to see catheters. One man had to take his underwear off for knee surgery which was unnecessary. Check out some cases where modesty was violated. There are cases where medical students do pelvic exams on unconscious women before gynecological surgery. Many of those women are never asked for consent at all. See more information about non-consensual exams.

People have been taught to not question the medical industry and trust them completely. Many people assume that it is okay for the medical industry to do pretty much anything. The importance of modesty is often disregarded in medical settings. Many patients value their modesty even in medical settings. Patients who speak up about modesty concerns are often looked down on. We would like to see more medical professionals to be more sensitive to patients' needs for modesty. Many patients don't want certain parts of their body to be exposed to the opposite sex even if it is in a medical setting. We all must keep this statement in mind: Because something is done in the name of health doesn't make it blindly acceptable.

Some intimate procedures are unnecessary. For example, pap smears are often not necessary for virgin women unless they have a family history of cervical cancer or have smoked before. Look at information on pap smears for virgin women. It is often unnecessary for a woman to take her shirt off for a doctor to listen to her heart.

Some people who have found Medical Patient Modesty's web site are also concerned about sexual misconduct by doctors and we recommend you check out a web site about sexual misconduct by physicians.