With a text listing a dozen principles, the National College of Gynecologists wants to restore a climate of trust with patients. Nevertheless, the initiative seems insufficient in the ranks of militants denouncing obstetric and gynecological violence.
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“The consultation in gynecology or in obstetrics is not a consultation like the others since it affects the intimacy of the patients.” He is basic rules that, despite the evidence, sometimes need to be recalled. The National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians, in a charter published on Thursday, October 21, considered to sleep on paper a dozen principles. Good practices he encourages to display in all places of waiting for practitioners, so that each woman can read before a consultation.
It can be read that “the clinical examination is not systematic”, that “the oral agreement of the woman is collected before any clinical examination” or that “the person examined can be assisted by the accompanying person of his choice “.
The publication of this charter is active after the questioning of a laying of Parisian gynecology, Emile Darai, accused by several patients of physical, psychological and verbal violence during consultations. After several complaints, investigations were opened by justice against this head of the Gynecology-Obstetrics department of the Tenon Hospital, including “rape per person with authority over 15 years of age”, 28 September.
“Reassure women and our colleagues”
“Our goal is to restore the confidence that has been broken between women and gynecologists and obstetricians, explains Dr. Joëlle Belaïsch Allart, president of the National College of French Gynecologists and Obstetricians. We want to reassure women, And our colleagues, who for most of them are already respecting these rules, not written so far. “
The gynecologist, head of department at the Saint-Cloud Hospital (Hauts-de-Seine), sees in this text an answer to the testimonies of women who denounce the obstetric and gynecological violence of health professionals in recent years. “In the vast majority of cases, women are satisfied with their consultations, says Joëlle Belaïsch-Allart. But we hear these words of women; there are cases where it goes wrong, we do not deny the problems.” D where the importance of reminding, in this charter, the central concepts of “benevolence” and “respect”.
without necessarily convinced. “How to ensure the application of such a charter?” Asks Sonia Bisch, founder of the STOP collective with obstetric and gynecological violence, more than circumspect on the actual effects of such a tool:
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