Evaluation of Sexual Harassment Policies at Medical Institutions to Understand Attention to Harassment of Physicians by Patients

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2135131. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35131.

Gabriela Reed¹, Sarah R Ahmad², Elaine C Khoong^{1

3

4}, Kristan Olazo^{1

3

4}, Reshma Jagsi⁵, Christina Mangurian^{4

6}, Urmimala Sarkar^{1

3

4}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Division of Headache Medicine, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
⁴ Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California, San Francisco.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This quality improvement study assesses the policies of top US medical centers for addressing sexual harassment of physicians by patients.