Convictions
About Intimate Procedures On Opposite Sex
This may be hard to believe, but
there are some nursing & medical students, nurses, CNAs,
and doctors who have convictions that they should not do intimate
procedures on the opposite sex even in medical settings due
to moral and religious reasons. Sadly, they are often looked
down on. We feel they have the right to not do intimate procedures
on the opposite sex based on convictions.
Because physicians can object
to providing certain services based on their convictions such
as prescribing birth control pills, we feel that this also applies
to doing intimate procedures on the opposite sex. This falls
in the category of conscience based exemptions.
Some male family practice physicians
will not do breast exams, pelvic exams, or pap smears on women
due to moral or religious convictions. The truth is many women
go to an OB/Gyn for female health issues anyway. There is often
at least one female doctor, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician
Assistant in the family practice that could do the women's health
wellness exams anyway. The male family practice doctor could
always refer the woman to a female doctor, Nurse Practitioner,
or Physician's Assistant in his practice.
There are also female family practice
physicians who don't feel comfortable doing prostate and other
male examinations. They could of course easily refer their male
patients to a male doctor.
There are a number of specialties
such as podiatry, ENT, and neurology where doctors do not have
to perform intimate procedures.
We would love to hear from doctors,
nurses, and/or medical/nursing students who have taken a bold
stand in refusing to do intimate procedures on the opposite
sex.
and some tips you would offer to other doctors,
nurses, and medical students who have the same convictions. It
is very admirable for medical professionals to take a bold stand
on this matter.
It is much easier for doctors especially family
practice doctors to refuse to do intimate procedures on the
opposite sex than medical & nursing students and nurses.
It is more complicated for medical & nursing students and
nurses to refuse to do intimate procedures on the opposite sex.
Please click on the below links to see what you should do if
you are a nurse or a medical/nursing student.
