Gynecologists Run Afoul of Panel When Patient Is Male

2013-11-23T18:43:09+00:00

“We haven’t heard of any compelling reason to change anything,” said Dr. Kenneth L. Noller, the board’s director of evaluation. He said there were plenty of other doctors available to provide the HPV-related procedures that some gynecologists had been performing on men.

Oh, good. Charming. Because, you know, saving lives isn't a compelling reason, is it? Asshole.

This triggers the temptation to pay those 110 treated men to all walk in on the panel meetings, buck naked, and just silently, politely invade the personal space of Kenneth and co.

Boden41715 · 2013-11-23T16:43:13+00:00

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xixoxixa · 2013-11-23T18:30:50+00:00

Here's the discussion over on /r/medicine about this article.

*Edited to fix www. to np.

onetenth · 2013-11-23T16:18:47+00:00

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kinyutaka · 2013-11-23T22:56:37+00:00

While it's a bit odd to ask doctors who specialize in the female reproductive system to treat male patients, it's completely unreasonable to forbid them from doing so and leave these guys in the lurch! it's hard to find a good doctor sometimes, and if you've found one who's helping diagnose and manage your care, it's horrible to wind up losing him/her over stupid crap like this.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2013-11-23T18:07:34+00:00

Licensing and certification boards like to artificially limit the competition to keep the earnings of those they license/certify high.

SteelCrossx · 2013-11-23T18:51:26+00:00

Of the 24 medical specialties recognized in the United States, he said, it is the only one that is gender-specific, and it has been that way since 1935.

Well how about that. I actually wouldn't have thought that's the case being there's a 'War on Women's Health.'

Falkner09 · 2013-11-23T23:57:37+00:00

Interesting enough, ACOG is closely aligned with performing and promoting male circumcision, and has taken part in the AAP's endorsement of it.

Bartab · 2013-11-23T19:35:29+00:00

Why do they want to deny men access to safe healthcare?

2013-11-23T22:48:08+00:00

I have written a petition to get the ABOG to reverse their stance and treat both men and women suffering from anal cancer.

https://www.change.org/petitions/american-board-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology-end-sexism-in-cancer-care

rapey_raperson · 2013-11-23T16:20:12+00:00

Don't MDs take an oath to "Do no harm"? Isn't a mandate to refuse treatment causing harm? One has to wonder if this is legal.

mvrk10256 · 2013-11-23T21:32:51+00:00

This is so strange?!

Why? They are doctors. ie - they choose their patients. Why would the board limit the doctors to only working with women? I want one fucking piece of logic.

Bartab · 2013-11-23T20:24:19+00:00

"Men don't deserve proper health care, from a specialist knowledgeable on the disease!"

-- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

drplump · 2013-11-23T21:25:40+00:00

Regular doctors are allowed to perform gynecological exams. It seems like choosing to specialize you are limiting your own ability to practice medicine. Does not seem like it would make sense to choose the field with less options.

kinyutaka · 2013-11-23T22:07:42+00:00

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FinFihlman · 2013-11-23T23:17:16+00:00

The fuck?

"You can't treat them! They are men!"

coldacid · 2013-11-24T00:47:55+00:00

Hopefully those ABOG shitheads will all get ass cancer, and then not find anyone willing to treat it.

TheDongerNeedsFood · 2013-11-24T03:45:39+00:00

For anyone out there who still doesn't understand why this decision is wrong.

~~Dr. Larry C. Gilstrap~~ Hootie Johnson, the ~~group’s executive director~~ club president, said the ~~specialty of obstetrics and gynecology~~ Augusta National Golf Club was specifically ~~designed to treat problems of the female reproductive tract~~ founded to provide men a private place to play golf and was “restricted to ~~taking care of women~~ male-only members.”

These are fucking DOCTORS, people who JOB it is to take care of people. The folks over at Augusta National, a fucking GOLF CLUB for about 300 people, want to keep women out of their club because "that's the way its always been," and the feminists throw a national-level shit-fit.

But these sub-human pieces of shit want to deny men a potentially life-saving treatment because "that's the way its always been," and there's no problem at all.

xixoxixa · 2013-11-24T05:07:43+00:00

Ah. Thanks. I've been around for a bit, but never come across that. Thanks for the correction.

TriflingHotDogVendor · 2013-11-24T15:18:18+00:00

What amazes me is that usually its the OPPOSITE of this. Specialties and those that "run" them usually want to expand their scope of practice, not restrict it.

If there was ever a mens' rights issue that I would hope everyone with a shred of empathy and logic would support, this is it.

1humanwoman · 2013-11-24T23:42:52+00:00

The idea that a gynecologist cannot treat a man for a condition that affects women and men makes it seem as if we aren't all human beings. See post here: http://humanwithuterus.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/the-unprivileged-body-can-gynecologists-treat-humans-or-just-women/

kingfalconpunch · 2013-11-23T19:12:41+00:00

I feel it's more that she lacks accreditation for treating men as a gynecologist. It's less limiting her ability to treat men, than it is making sure she is working in the field for which she studied. Like keeping dentists from doing brain surgery.

Phototoxin · 2013-11-23T19:57:32+00:00

Surely it's a proctologists job anyway?

garblegarble12 · 2013-11-23T20:02:33+00:00

Ridiculous Femnazis trying to kill men and sideline moderate women.

Title	Gynecologists Run Afoul of Panel When Patient Is Male
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