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Re: 'Please don't do that': Man says NY hospital forced rectal exam
I think it's an assault on the patient if they perform such an act strictly against his specific wishes and have to resort to holding him down physically and sedating him with a needle in order to do it.
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His lawyer, Gerrard Marrone, said he and Persaud later learned the exam was one way of determining whether he had suffered spinal damage in the accident.
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Patients have the right to know ahead of time why certain examinations are done and what discomforts might be experienced before they give their consent, if they are in a state where they can provide consent, i.e. not unconscious or hallucinating.
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