A qualitative study of sexual harassment of female doctors by patients

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 669-676

  Schneider, Margaret ^a   Phillips, Susan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contrapower harassment; Female physicians; Sexual harassment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTING OUT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EID: 0030767841     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00384-X     Document Type: Article

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