Mixed-gender hospital rooms are on the rise in New Zealand, but the practice is unsafe and unethical
- Written by: Cindy Towns, Senior Lecturer, Bioethics Centre, University of Otago
Shutterstock/GorodenkoffMixed-gender rooms are increasingly common in New Zealand’s hospitals, based on evidence from hospital complaints and a large Wellington study.
But our new research demonstrates that placing men and women in the same hospital room is unsafe and unethical.
Mixed-gender bedding practices have been banned in the United...
