Julia Roberts is Mean
Physical Exams Without Consent?
The Globe and Mail reports that is it normal procedure in Canadian teaching hospitals for medical students to “practice” performing pelvic exams on women who have just undergone surgery and are still under anaesthesia. This means that the procedures are performed without the patients knowledge or consent.
The long-standing argument in favour of allowing these exams to be done on surgery patients is that it provides a unique opportunity for students to practice the delicate, invasive examination without causing the woman pain or embarrassment.
It’s worth noting that this practice is illegal in both the US and the UK where they require explicit consent to perform such exams.
Everyone Loves Montauk
I love Montauk couches. I’ve blogged about this before. (Random aside, reading that post is funny because at the time I was dreaming about all the amazing things I’d buy when we owned our own place. Now that we do, I’m dreaming about all the things I’ll buy when we own a bigger home. Grass is always greener…)
Anyway, there was a fun post this week on a Canadian House & Home blog raving about Montauk.
And now some of my relatives are buying one for their new place. It didn’t fit.
Montauk couches for everyone!
SS: Inside Jennifer Aniston’s Home
Here. A bit 70’s for my liking?
