is it ok for a doctor to refuse me to enter the room while examining my 10 year old daughter?

Question

thank you all!

i am not talking about cases the child asks for privacy! i would definitely respect this!

and i didnt ask the question because i was thinking of molestation, i was talking about my right to be with the child

Answer 1

You have the right as the parent of the child to be present with her during an examination. If the doctor discovers signs of abuse or the child says something to that effect, THEN there may be a private meeting. Otherwise, you have the right to be with her. Do not let the goons take control of your kid.

Answer 2

Remember your responsible for the welfare of your child. A doctor refusing you entry into the exam room without good should be cause for concern even if there's a female nurse present you should be able to be present during the exam. However, there are some procedures in which a doctor may ask that you wait outside of the exam room if he feels your child may more relaxed without you present such as: cleaning teeth, cleaning/stitching wounds, etc. Your best approach is this matter would be to find you another doctor.

Answer 3

I assume their was a nurse or another professional in the room with her, and I assume you are talking about a family doctor who is examine her.

Although I must say while raising my children there were a few times I was not allowed in the room with them. Just another nervous over protective over anxious parent to interfere and perhaps upset the kid.

Sometimes we parents are told to stay out! And sometimes we need to!
If your daughter is alright then give it up and move on to more important things instead of your hurt parental ego or your total lack of trust and need to control all around your child.

I know it is not easy but it happens ......it happened to me like I said, a few times and really burnt me back then.

If nothing was wrong and nothing went wrong don't make anything wrong out of it.

Answer 4

that sounds wrong to me. because of her young age, there really shouldn't be a reason that the doctor would request you not to be in the room during the examination. i'm in my teens and the doctor still asks if i want my mother there, so unless your daughter asked for privacy, there's defiantly a problem.

Answer 5

Yes it is. Your daughter had the right to request privacy, perhaps that was the case. Perhaps the doctor was going to discuss her sexual or reproductive health, in that case you aren't allowed in the room. She doesn't even have to ask you to be made to leave in that situation. However, just to cover his own rear the doc ought to have a nurse come in the room. One final thing: the man is a doctor. The odds that he would do anything to harm your child are slim. If you really feel that uncomfortable, get a new doctor. Doctors are professionals who don't see patients as sexually arousing.

Answer 6

I'd be sure that your daughter didn't ask him to keep you out of the room so she could speak to him/her more freely.

If that wasn't the case, usually doctors keep nurses in the room for their protection so people cannot accuse them of molestation.

If your MD doesn't follow that policy, I'd change doctors.

Answer 7

NO!! I know at the Military hospital I take my kids to, the doctor will not examine them without either my wife or I in the room.

Answer 8

Absolutely not! there is a problem if your doctor doesnt want you in the room while he is examining your daughter. Is a nurse present?

Answer 9

Absolutely not. Report him to the State Medical Licensing Board.

Answer 10

No it's not okay. I would tell the Doctor that you will start going to someone else if they have an issue with you being there. I think you're a good parent.