Counselling for GP after 'holy mackerel' comments during Pap.

Australian Doctor,  January, 2007  

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By Paul Smith

A MELBOURNE GP will be counselled on how to talk to women after telling a patient "holy mackerel you are small" while conducting a Pap smear.

It is the second time that Dr Richard George Young, a former male model and Cleo Bachelor of the Year nominee, has been before the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria.

The latest hearing centred on his conduct while performing a Pap smear at his Ripponlea practice in November 2004.

The board found Dr Young's manual dilation of the patient so that he could insert the speculum was "reasonable" ...

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