Pretty sure I said:[quote=“aeon, post:80, topic:13894”]
Not saying it has never happened or still can’t.
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…rather than trying to cover up the problem or deny it ever happens. The papers we both linked to show that when audited the practice still occurs —albeit rather less commonly here in NZ and with adverse incident reporting as a direct consequence of the events that did. (And sorry if my link is unavailable —it works for me still. IP filtering maybe?). The fact that practice is being audited and published shows that investigators are concerned enough to work on this; that there is a wish by the profession to educate practitioners that lapses occur; and a desire to ensure that it doesn’t happen at all. More worrying still would be a lack of official requirement for consent to be obtained and no formal published audit data at all —which would leave you to link to individual anecdotes on blogs or news websites and indicate a lack of engagement by doctors.
I did however offer evidence of rarity —and of commitment from myself and a large body of my profession to proper consent processes, at least in jurisdictions where I’ve practiced medicine. I wasn’t aware that Canada was with the US in lagging so far behind, so thank you for that. 
In particular there aren’t rows of medical students queuing up to digitally rape anaesthetised women in hospitals here in New Zealand. Consent —and women’s rights in particular— are taken very seriously here after Herb Green’s “unfortunate experiment” from the 60’s and 70’s came to light and the findings of the subsequent [Cartwright Enquiry][1] were published.
(Edited for grammar, spelling)
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartwright_Inquiry
