Unregulated 'Quasi-Medical' Spaces Linked to Sexual Assaults and Deaths

In the spaces between licensed medicine and unregulated wellness, a category of quasi-medical facility has emerged that bears the appearance of healthcare without its obligations. An investigation has documented sexual assaults and deaths occurring within these establishments — harms made possible, in part, by the absence of the oversight structures that exist precisely to prevent them. The people most likely to seek care in these spaces are often those with the fewest protections and the least recourse, a convergence of vulnerability that the facilities, whether by design or indifference, hav