Sexual Harassment of Female Doctors by Patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 26, 1993, Pages 1936-1939

  Phillips, Susan p ^a   Schneider, Margaret S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027143938     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199312233292607     Document Type: Article

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