Healthcare workers are primed to feel inadequate about their mistakes, their own mental or physical illness or their lack of ability to heal some patients, according to a perspective essay published ...

A patient is suing a doctor for inappropriately touching her during medical exams, according to Arkansas court documents. Phot by Charles Deluvio via Unsplash While in the privacy of an exam room, a ...

Before patients undergo intimate physical exams, including ones performed under anesthesia, hospitals must obtain written informed consent — or risk federal funding. That’s according to new guidance ...

Too many dental patients may be self-conscious about their appearance, and that dental shame appears to keep them from seeking timely dental care, according to a University of Exeter in the U.K. news ...