The voyeuristic physician experiences a specific autonomic response: increased heart rate, pupil dilation, and activation of the nucleus accumbens (the brain’s reward center) not upon finding a tumor, but upon the visual acquisition of a private area .
One victim, a 34-year-old woman who was filmed during her C-section, told Patient Safety Journal : "He saw my insides. He saw me cut open. And he got off on it. Now, when I hold my child, I feel like my body is a crime scene."
: Providers often feel like "voyeurs" because they observe extreme hardship, offer temporary relief, and then return to lives of abundance, leaving the underlying systemic issues unchanged.
