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Re: Mom wants to know if daughter is virgin? From: C.Moi,M.D (moi@yahoo.com) Thu Oct 17 00:07:03 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Michelle: "Earlier and earlier Menses...." Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: TOA in pregnancy" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Mom wants to know if daughter is virgin?" Next in thread: Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Mom wants to know if daughter is virgin?" Thanks a lot everyone, I am glad to find that I am in good company, since I did exactly what you would've. At Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. wrote: > >At Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Cheri Van Hoover wrote: >> >>"C.Moi,M.D" wrote: >> >>> What would you do in such a situation? do we have a moral obligation to >>> the parents? or to the patients privacy(young as they are). >> >>I would hold such information in strict confidence from the parent. I would >>inform the mother as well as the daughter that any information given to me >>would not be shared with anyone else, including a parent. I would refer >>them to a family counselor to deal with issues of trust and disclosure. I >>would suggest to the daughter that she might want to confide in her mother >>and allow her to be a friend and ally. I would first ask the girl about any >>issues of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse in her home. >> >>-- >>Cheri Van Hoover, CNM, MS >>Faculty OB/GYN Group >>University of California, San Francisco >> >That is an excellent approach Cheri. Unfortunetly what made this >particularly >difficult for Dr. Moi was that the consultation was requested by Mom >and not >daughter. I think it is obvious Mom and daughter have issues to resolve >that >will not be handled in a half hour Gyn consult. I would tell mom that >it can >be difficult to tell if a women is still a virgin when she first starts >being >sexually active. More importantly I would remind both parties of the >importance >of contraception, STD prevention and yearly Pap smears when a women does >become >sexually active. > >-- > Take care, John > Next message: Michelle: "Earlier and earlier Menses...." Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: TOA in pregnancy" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Mom wants to know if daughter is virgin?" Next in thread: Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Mom wants to know if daughter is virgin?"

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