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sexual harassment

Repeated, unsolicited, verbal or physical sexual contact which is threatening in nature. [2] Epidemiology: - 30% of female clinicians in academic medicine feel sexually harassed [2] - making a sexual harassment allegation a human resources issue can hurt a woman's career [3] because human resources is about protecting the institution not the individual [3]

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sexual abuse

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psychosocial stress

References

  1. Veterans Administration
  2. Jagsi R Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Experiences of Academic Medical Faculty. JAMA. 2016;315(19):2120-2121 PMID: 27187307 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2521958
  3. Jagsi R Sexual Harassment in Medicine - #MeToo N Engl J Med. Dec 13, 2017 PMID: 29236567 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1715962