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For what it's worth, enrolling patients without consent in unnecessary procedures still happens today. There's even a whole Wiki article about one category of t
by sofixa 2y ago
For what it's worth, enrolling patients without consent in unnecessary procedures still happens today. There's even a whole Wiki article about one category of those (which was banned in France in 2016, and US in 2024, but probably remains legal and pervasive in a lot of other countries): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_examinations_under_anesthesia_by_medical_students_without_consent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic_examinations_under_anes...
- thimkerbell 2y agoIsn't experimentation.
- timewizard 2y agoI'm sure the patients are comforted by the difference.
- rendaw 2y agoI think GP's point is that calling it experimentation euphemizes it.
- tdeck 2y agoUnbelievable that this was and is a thing and that I've never heard of it before.