Sexual harassment in the work place: Its impact on gynecologic oncology and women's health.

Sexual harassment in the work place: Its impact on gynecologic oncology and women's health.

von Gruenigen Vivian E; Karlan Beth Y

Gynecologic oncology

2018

2018-05

For the last few months, media and news outlets have exposed prominent professionals in many settings who have taken advantage of their status of power and influence to engage in sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. In medicine, harassment may include many types of health professionals including physicians, nurses, medical students, colleagues and even patients. Programs for sexual harassment prevention, education and training vary between industries, workplaces, medical schools and hospitals. It is imperative to engage men and women in awareness, education, empowerment of the bystander and movement for cultural change. A grass roots effort should be started by each of us to reach out to our academic institutions, health systems and private practices to review policy, education and codes of conduct. We have the ability to embrace improvement around gender and diversity in our words and actions.

*Discrimination; *Gynecologic oncology; *Sexual harassment; *women's health; *Women's Health; Female; Female/etiology/*psychology/therapy; Genital Neoplasms; Health Personnel; Humans; Male; Occupational Stress/etiology/psychology; Sexism; Sexual Harassment/*psychology; Workplace

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