• shrugs@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    one more example of “useless tests are bad”. unfortunately there are no statistics for this kind of harm. see my other comment

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      5 days ago

      Or maybe, like, if you’re a doctor giving a rectal exam then maybe your patient shouldn’t walk away feeling as if he had just been anally raped. Even if you think he’s too young to request a screening…

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        4 days ago

        And of he’s too young to request a screening just say so and ask if they still want to do it…