Before the procedure, she told her physician that she did not want medical students to be directly involved.
But after the operation, Janine said, as the anesthesia wore off, a resident came by to inform her that she had gotten her period; the resident had noticed while conducting a pelvic exam.
“What pelvic exam?” Janine, 33, asked.
Later, she said, her physician explained that the operating team had seen she was due for a Pap smear.
The hospital declined to comment on its policies regarding informed consent for pelvic exams.)
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Arizona