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 ...

News of physicians accused or convicted of sexually inappropriate behavior toward patients during medical exams has been frequent recently. And patient advocates have brought up the fact that many ...

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 ...

Tearha Hill typically stands to one side of the room, with her eyes trained on the medical exam happening in front of her. The licensed practical nurse watches the doctor. Every few seconds, she looks ...