Scenario #1: An adolescent male patient is visibly uncomfortable as a female physician begins a physical examination.
Scenario #2: A woman requests a breast exam when on self-examination, she detects a small lump. Her male family physician performs the breast examination.
1. What action should have taken place before the physician begin the exam? What could the patients have done to change the scenario? What should the physician do to protect themselves?
2. In both scenarios deposition inappropriately groups the patient. What should the patient do? What if any legal implications are there? What preventative measures might have been used in these cases?