Dr. Barry Dworkin

Sunday House Call, #672,  October 21, 2018: Giving men the finger when the evidence states otherwise

Sunday House Call, #672,  October 21, 2018: Giving men the finger when the evidence states otherwise

Topics today include:

Advertising campaigns for digital rectal exams (DRE) to screen for prostate cancer are inappropriate on several levels. Shaming men for being reticent and promoting humourous ads about famous fingers to promote it is in poor taste. Would you create a similar ad for women about PAP tests for cervical cancer screening in terms of making light of the procedure? Again, inappropriate. Further, DREs are not recommended for prostate cancer screening in family practice.

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