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To: lizma
A big chunk of malpractice suites are based on what is termed "standard of care" i.e. if everyone else is doing it you better be doing it no matter how stupid it sounds.

Remember a while back, I think I read it on FR, that a biological male in Britain who had had a sex change operation was demanding a Pap smear?

The doctor was refusing and the case ended up in Court. The Court decided that the he-she was entitled to a Pap smear and the doctor sarcastically asked for guidance on how to perform an exam on a body part the the patient had never had. :-)

16 posted on 06/22/2004 10:14:35 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Polybius
The doctor was refusing and the case ended up in Court. The Court decided that the he-she was entitled to a Pap smear and the doctor sarcastically asked for guidance on how to perform an exam on a body part the the patient had never had.

The folks across the pond think we're unsophisticated rubes and cowboys. I think they're more stupid and/or evils than our rats.

18 posted on 06/22/2004 10:24:41 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi min oi)
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