Bad medicine: digital rectal examination. Categories: Posted on June 4, 2011 Link to article at PubMed Bad medicine: digital rectal examination. BMJ. 2011;342:d3421 Authors: Spence D PMID: 21632663 [PubMed - in process] Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)