GPs warned to avoid intimate examinations of kids over telehealth
Doctors say it is important children learn it is never appropriate to expose their genitalia to a camera
Intimate examinations of children via telehealth might inadvertently increase the risk of online sexual grooming, GPs are being warned.
Asking a child to undress in front of a phone or computer camera, even for a medical examination with a parent present, may normalise the type of behaviour that sexual predators would encourage, according to paediatric endocrinologists writing in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.
