There have been some very honest articles in your papers recently..."Is the routine pelvic exam obsolete?" also, "Questioning the value of the routine pelvic exam" in the WSJ and comments by Dr Carolyn Westhoff. These comments not only confirm the exam is unnecessary in symptom-free women, but they risk your health - American women have high numbers for hysterectomies and surgery removing healthy ovaries. (much higher than countries that don't recommend this exam like the UK and Australia)
Also, comments made by Dr Robert Hatcher from the Managing Contraception site confirming this exam and cancer screening is not required for birth control. Search his name plus pelvic exam and birth control and it should appear. The only thing clinically required for the safe use of the Pill is your medical history and your blood pressure.
Hopefully, the coercion will soon be a thing of the past - avoid doctors who still try to coerce you into unnecessary and harmful exams and optional cancer screening - once they see patients walking away and lost revenue, they'll soon embrace evidence based medicine. Protect your healthy body from harm - symptom-free women do not need this sort of medical scrutiny and surveillance and the coercion/control/power thing is disgraceful.
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There have been some very honest articles in your papers recently..."Is the routine pelvic exam obsolete?" also, "Questioning the value of the routine pelvic exam" in the WSJ and comments by Dr Carolyn Westhoff. These comments not only confirm the exam is unnecessary in symptom-free women, but they risk your health - American women have high numbers for hysterectomies and surgery removing healthy ovaries. (much higher than countries that don't recommend this exam like the UK and Australia)
March 16, 2011 - 11:45pmAlso, comments made by Dr Robert Hatcher from the Managing Contraception site confirming this exam and cancer screening is not required for birth control. Search his name plus pelvic exam and birth control and it should appear. The only thing clinically required for the safe use of the Pill is your medical history and your blood pressure.
Hopefully, the coercion will soon be a thing of the past - avoid doctors who still try to coerce you into unnecessary and harmful exams and optional cancer screening - once they see patients walking away and lost revenue, they'll soon embrace evidence based medicine. Protect your healthy body from harm - symptom-free women do not need this sort of medical scrutiny and surveillance and the coercion/control/power thing is disgraceful.
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