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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 11/2021

01-11-2021 | Concise Research Report

Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment of Internal Medicine Providers by Patients

Authors: Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD MPH, Amy Farkas, MD MSc, Kathlyn Fletcher, MD MSc, Cynthia Kay, MD MSc, Julie L. Machen, MD, Sarah Nickoloff, MD, Cecilia Scholcoff, MD MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 11/2021

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Sexual harassment of health care providers by colleagues and supervisors has received considerable attention. However, few studies provide information on provider harassment by patients and most focus on women providers. 16 Up to 76% of women providers have been sexually harassed by a patient or patient’s family member. We investigated the prevalence of sexual harassment by patients among both men and women providers and the degree the various behaviors were bothersome. …
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Metadata
Title
Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment of Internal Medicine Providers by Patients
Authors
Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD MPH
Amy Farkas, MD MSc
Kathlyn Fletcher, MD MSc
Cynthia Kay, MD MSc
Julie L. Machen, MD
Sarah Nickoloff, MD
Cecilia Scholcoff, MD MPH
Publication date
01-11-2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 11/2021
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06473-y

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