Each redesign, of course, targets the old-school, butt-baring gown that’s long been a touchstone of cultural commiseration in movies, TV, and comic strips. But if everyone agrees that the old garments ...

Montreal, June 23, 2010 – Patients seeking to conserve privacy and personal dignity – i.e. anyone who's ever been forced to wear traditional hospital gowns that often reveal too much – may soon bid ...

Hospitals want to cover your backside. This summer, Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park will join a select group of medical centers that are trying to close the dreaded gluteal gap patients get with ...

It's equal parts wardrobe malfunction and psychological assault, and it somehow manages to make even the healthiest among us feel fragile and exposed. But guess what? Researchers have dug deeper into ...

Although the white coats that doctors wear have been scrutinized for their authoritarian look, the open-in-the-back gowns that hospital patients wear, and the effect these gowns have on patients' ...