Why do doctors leave the room when you change?

Yours is really a good question but I think it is a question of giving you some form of privacy. It is a question of privacy. I would feel uncomfortable undressing in front of a woman doctor but I would not feel uneasy if she sees me naked. I would know that she is doing her job.

lol ^_^ doctors try to minimize a patient's discomfort and potential embarrassment as much as possible. for example, after a rectal exam, a patient is asked to put his underwear back on. although the doctor has already seen (and examined with a finger) the patient's bttom, it would increase a patient's discomfort to be sitting in front of the doctor's table, waiting for prescriptions, with no underwear on. ^_^ in the same way, being naked is entirely different from being watched while you are stripping. watching a patient strip is unnecessary and perhaps more emabarrassing for a patient, so doctors try their best to only see as much "naked" as necessary. ^_^ valid question. i hope i have shed light on this issue. =)

lol... A doctor is supposed to be beyond and above lusty behaviors when they are doing their job but who says they can't otherwise! lol.. A lady changing her dress is not a part of his duty obligations...

This is to give respect to the patient. So that the patient won't be embarrased if he is hiding something and does not want to show it to anyone including the doctor.

I know here ( Ontario Canada) The Dr has to leave when your changing, I asked my dr about this once, due to the fact she has already deliever 3 of my children, so there is not much else she hasnt seen, and she said legally she has to leave the room. I personally think its silly, because when i am at the dr. office, i dont really care who seems me change, and after baring three kidlets, the whole modesty thing is gone out the window.

well there is a lot of difference in see a person undressing and looking at the person directly naked....in the second case the doctor thinks u as a case to be examined for any pathology.... moreover. its the patients psychology which matters.....the patients has to feel comfortable to share his problems with the doc. doesnt he? i am studying to become a doc..we r taught abt such things its a part of the medical code of ethics... one is presence of a female attendant during examination of a female by a male doctor.