Dear colleague's

As Gonneke already stated: in the Netherlands we don't have a chaperone.
I male doctor can do a vaginal exam without a chaperone.

So I think it is a cultural.

Marijke Frings, Nutritionist MSc, IBCLC, LLL
In the same area as Gonneke.






2010/7/9 Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>

> In the US, male OB/gyn's do indeed have chaperones in the room when they do
> a vaginal exam, either a nurse or a medical assistant (someone trained to
> take blood pressure and temperature, maybe draw blood, and do paperwork
> around the office).
>
> Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC  NYC
>
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