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

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 …