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| Why Patient Modesty is a Serious Issue? There are some people who don't care about their modesty in medical settings or having opposite sex providers doing intimate procedures on them, but at the same there are a lot of people who do care. Sadly, some women have died of cervical cancer because only male gynecologists were available and they didn't feel comfortable going to a male doctor. One young woman shared this about her grandmother with Medical Patient Modesty: "My grandmother went several years without seeing an OB/GYN and she was having a lot of pain, swelling, cramping. When she had put it off as long as she could and went to the doctor because she could no longer stand it, she ended up with a male physician. I knew my grandmother very well. She was extremely modest about her body and that is the reason she went so long without seeing a doctor. When she finally went, she was so desperate for medical care, she took the male doctor even though I am sure she wanted a female doctor and that day found out she had stage 4 cervical cancer. It was inoperable and a year later she died." This is truly a tragedy and shows how serious this issue is. Think about how many women who may have avoided going to the doctor who could have had precancerous cervical cells burned off their cervixes because there were no female doctors around or they could not be assured that no men would be present for their procedure. Virgin women or married women who were virgins on their wedding day and got married to virgin men usually cannot get cervical cancer. But there are so many women who are not virgins and have had multiple partners. Think about how many rape victims may have been exposed to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer. Many rape victims don't want to see male doctors under any circumstances. There certainly can be modesty problems with female doctors too so we need to educate female doctors on the importance of modesty for certain patients. For example, one lady was very upset that a female doctor had the examining room in a cubicle with curtains and a window that didn't have blinds that went all way down and there was a big risk of someone else accidentally seeing certain parts of the lady's body. Some women have gone to ER because they had severe abdominal pain and then had to walk out of ER without getting treatment because only male doctors were available. More hospitals especially in bigger cities always have female doctors available than years ago. But there is a very serious problem with some smaller town hospitals and clinics. Some men have backed out of having a vasectomy because they could not be guaranteed that no female assistants or nurses would participate in the surgery. This is bad because vasectomy is a good permanent birth control for couples who are finished with having children. Some people have refused to have important surgeries and they ended up with disabilities because they were concerned that their wishes for patient modesty would be violated. This is ridiculous, but some patients have their underwear taken off unnecessarily for certain surgeries such as knee, wrist, carpal tunnel, etc. Imagine how many people may suffer pain that could be cured by surgery, but they didn't feel they could proceed with the surgery since they could not get any guarantees that their wishes for patient modesty would be respected.
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