Found this interesting question on another board and would like to hear your views and opinions. Enclosed are two examples that tend to suggest they do?
I used to think that the answer to the question posed in the subject of this thread was no, until a few years back. At that time my wife and i had just moved house to a largish commuter village a few miles out of the city where we both work and used to live. On moving we had to register with the local GP. The practice was a typical single doctor practice covering the village we lived in, a couple of other smaller local villages and the surrounding outlying rural areas.
A few weeks after moving in my wife went to the surgery to enquire about registering, the receptionist was very helpful, took our details and issued my wife with a selection of forms for each of us to fill out about our personal details, medical history etc. she also handed my wife two specimen bottles and asked that we fill them and bring them in with us when we attended our "new patient check". My wife asked what that was and she explained that it was a basic check-up to get an idea of our general health on joining the practice and a chance to meet our new doctor. We were to phone in for an appointment once we had completed the forms.So we both completed our forms and called to arrange an appointment. I was busy with work and i was going away with work to a conference in a week or so, so my wife made hers for the following week and mine for two weeks later when i got back.
On the day of my wife's appointment i came in from work and while sitting at dinner i asked how her appointment with the doctor had gone, she said it went ok and that he seemed nice . I asked what the "new patient check" had involved and she explained that it was a full head to toe examination. As she explained what had been involved it was clear that as well as all the more routine and mundane things he'd had her undressed to the waist to listen to her chest and back and examine her breasts. She'd also had to loosen her trousers to allow him to examine her tummy.
She then mentioned that he'd been unable to find a redcord of her last smear test in her notes, she told him that she'd definitely had it done (i also knew that was the case as she disliked them but always went for her own good), he insisted that no results were there and if they weren't in her notes they wouldn't have them on file at the main centre that collates the results. He added that without a current smear test he couldn't really register her fully and it would be easier for the registration process if she could have it done that day. So she somewhat grudgingly agreed as she knew she'd had it done.
So he had her undress from the waist down and get on the couch, he then did not only the smear, but told her "Why don't we just do a quick internal while you're up here and ready, just to make sure everything inside is in order". My wife being like me and most other people just agreed as he's the doctor, he knows best. He finished and let her get dressed and then after a quick chat she was done.
Obviously i was now thinking, bloody hell, I'm going to get the works when i go. So after i got back from the conference the day came and i went along to see our new doctor, only for me i was in and out in ten minutes. He weighed me, measured me, calculated my BMI, took my blood pressure, tested the urine sample I'd taken along had me undo the top three buttons of my shirt and listened to my chest from there and that was it.
So of course, when i got home and told the missus, she couldn't believe that I'd got off with just that when she had got a much more thorough going over. Over the next few weeks things came to light which made things a bit clearer. As we got to know the neighbours etc things would be chatted about, but a common theme asked of my wife by the other women of the village was had she Dr O'D****** yet or had she registered at the surgery yet, usually followed by a knowing look if the answer was yes. After chatting with a couple of the female neighbours she'd found out that Dr O'D****** was well known for being more thorough with his female patients than his male, but that no one ever complained as he was generally very nice and a very good, skilled and know ledgable doctor.
My wife is young and very attractive with a great figure. She tells me that when she goes to the well woman clinic the doctor spends much longer with her than with the older women. He never says anything improper but she says he spends ages giving her her internal examination. She doesn't mind because he is very gentle.