Who Is That? Expanding the Clinical Encounter

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Who Is That? Expanding the Clinical EncounterPatients need to completely understand the role of any non-medical personnel present during a procedure and have the right to refuse their attendance.Commentary by Vijaya Arekapudi, MD Emily Watson, MD, was in a hurry.Ripping off her soiled gown and balling up her used gloves, she swung by the trash on her way out of room 3C.The patient within was waiting for her epidural, but Mrs. Sanchez in 21B was ready to deliver her twins.It was 2:00 pm after a night of being the OB resident on-call, and Emily was within a few hours of heading home to get some much-needed sleep."She signed the consent form when she got here," one of the labor and delivery nurses told Emily as they half-walked, half-ran down the hall."For that fetal oxygen study, and the company reps are here since it's the middle of the afternoon."Emily sighed.A local biotechnology and medical equipment company was working with the Women's Hospital to test a new device for monitoring fe

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