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Originally Posted by feralkittymom
I had a minor surgery not long ago and was presented with a med student observer; the policy at my hospital is to whenever possible, default to single gender OR teams for female patients. So the anesthesiologist, nurse, tech, and observer were all female; the surgeon was male. I felt that was a good compromise, whereas a surgery I had at a surgical center had no such policy, and I found out later that the entire OR team was male. It made me uncomfortable, and if I ever have to return there, I will be pro-active to alter that circumstance.
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I don't think it would be good to set the medical team same sex as the patient as a general policy. It's not everyone's preference and most comfortable situation. I, for example, generally prefer male-dominant teams of all kinds. It's not a big deal for me, but my preference if asked. I think this is better to be decided on an individual basis after asking the person who receives the treatment. I know quite a few people like myself who prefer the opposite sex for medical treatments, therapy, friends, whatever really, and we get similarly uneasy if pushed to comply with a generally-imposed same-sex policy.