Medical chaperones who observe intimate physical examinations are becoming more common in hospitals and doctor's offices nationwide amid high-profile sexual abuse cases in which many victims said they ...

The Defense Health Agency has clarified the U.S. military's policy regarding chaperones during medical exams following several prominent cases of Army doctors taking indecent liberties with patients ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. (Marco Garcia/AP) (Marco Garcia) Following high profile cases of sexual assault involving ...

A group of federal lawmakers is pushing for stricter oversight of doctors and increased protections for patients undergoing sensitive exams, an effort spurred by widespread sexual assault allegations ...

A third person is just a third wheel in a trusting doctor-patient relationship. Yale-New Haven Hospital and affiliated clinics have a rule that a chaperone must be present for any examination of ...

Sensitive exams often occur behind closed doors, with just a patient and a clinician in the room. Now, amid mounting scrutiny over sexual misconduct in medicine, some health systems are insisting a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Staff perform a mock exam at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Aug. 27, 2025. (James ...