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Sexual harassment in the physician-patient interaction: analysis of charges against doctors in the state of São Paulo
Cohen, Claudio; Kelian, Rogério L'Abbate; Oliveira, Reinaldo Ayer; Gobbetti, Gisele Joana; Massad, Eduardo.
  • Cohen, Claudio; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Social and Occupational Medicine. São Paulo. BR
  • Kelian, Rogério L'Abbate; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Social and Occupational Medicine. São Paulo. BR
  • Oliveira, Reinaldo Ayer; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Social and Occupational Medicine. São Paulo. BR
  • Gobbetti, Gisele Joana; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Social and Occupational Medicine. São Paulo. BR
  • Massad, Eduardo; Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Medicina. Social and Occupational Medicine. São Paulo. BR
Clinics ; 64(11): 1075-1083, Nov. 2009. graf, tab
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-532534
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

This research intends to discuss sexual harassment within the doctor-patient relationship based on four parameters doctor's characteristics, accuser's characteristics, accusation characteristics, and the evaluation by the Medicine Council of São Paulo.

METHOD:

It is a descriptive, quantitative approach using a retrospective documental analysis. Studied subjects were doctors who were allegedly engaged in sexual harassment. This analysis considered all accusations made from January 2000 to December 2005 (n=150).

RESULTS:

For this type of sexual abuse, there was a prevalence of male professionals (96.6 percent) who committed abuse against female patients (90.3 percent) during adulthood (77.7 percent). The mean age of the accused was 46.87 years, ranging from 30-76 years, concentrated between 46-75 years. The intrinsic difficulty of understanding sexual harassment by a professional constrained ethical evaluation of the cases, with 24.1 percent of the cases being considered proceeding charges by the professional council. When the cases were recognized as proceeding, they were either filed (88.2 percent) or were considered to be ethical infringement (11.8 percent) becoming Professional Ethical Process (PEP). In the majority of proceeding cases (87 percent), there was a Police Occurrence Report enclosed. DISCUSSION AND

CONCLUSION:

The incidence of sexual abuse by professionals was independent of education, as the accused professionals came from a large variety of medical colleges, without significant differences related to institution. The predominance of accusations against older professionals may occur due to the frail personality structure that allows professional acting out. Objective evidence is very important in ethical evaluations compared to psychological and subjective evidence.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Relações Médico-Paciente / Assédio Sexual Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico / Fatores de risco Limite: Adolescente / Adulto / Idoso / Criança / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Brasil Idioma: Inglês Revista: Clinics Assunto da revista: Medicina Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Universidade de São Paulo/BR

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Relações Médico-Paciente / Assédio Sexual Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional / Estudo prognóstico / Fatores de risco Limite: Adolescente / Adulto / Idoso / Criança / Feminino / Humanos / Masculino País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Brasil Idioma: Inglês Revista: Clinics Assunto da revista: Medicina Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Universidade de São Paulo/BR