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One in five doctors have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment in the past three years, survey finds

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l5805 (Published 01 October 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l5805
  1. Abi Rimmer
  1. The BMJ

A fifth of doctors (21%) have experienced or witnessed sexual harassment in the workplace over the past three years, a survey conducted by Medscape has found.1

The survey received responses from 1316 doctors in the UK. Of those, 17% said that they had been sexually harassed by a patient. A further 3% said that they had been sexually harassed by a colleague and 4% said they had witnessed harassment taking place, either from a patient or a …

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