I hope not me. I think the behavior was totally inappropriate and hope that came across in my post.
It was in reference to a thread from not too long ago about a patient who recorded the conversations happening while he was under sedation. His doctors were making jokes about him being gay, discussing their plans to play mind games with him while in recovery, and giving him a diagnosis that wasn't real just to mess with him. The defenders in that thread (I believe you were one of them) said it was just what happens, to be expected, doctors go through so much this is just how they let off a little steam. Compassion fatigue was thrown around like it justifies any manner of gross behavior in the operating room.
Oh yes I remember that thread. I came in to it on the last page after I was tagged, so I didn't remember anything about compassion fatigue.
I went back and read my response. I don't think I defended the behavior as this was my response: "I agree that what this physician did was wrong. Falsifying records and calling someone retarded is not excusable. As much as people might seem to think otherwise, I think the vast majority of physicians aren't assholes and are generally decent human beings who want to do their job well. There are a few bad apples in every profession."
I'm not sure why that makes me a defender? I said what I thought happened was wrong. I just remember a few responses were that physicians are assholes, so I just wanted to mention that not every physician is an asshole. I absolutely condone unethical and illegal behavior. Thankfully I haven't seen anything of that nature in my experience and I hope that I never do. I hope that physicians who behave that way are disciplined appropriately.
Compassion fatigue! No big deal. We just don't understand because we're not doctors.
If that was towards me, no, fuck no. There is no excuse for their behavior it is fucking inappropriate but I am extremely hesitant to label is as a sexual assault, I am based upon these two examples.
This is not quite the same, and obviously nowhere near sexual assault, but it still made me uncomfortable. After my c-section when I was being stitched up, the dr kept making comments on how "great" my body looked and asking me how much weight I gained and that I'd totally be wearing a bikini again someday. I'm spread eagle and naked in a room full of strangers, including a male dr I've never met before. Yuck.