Commentary

Sexual harassment and medicine

Current Psychiatry. 2018 June;17(6):43-45,56

References

1. Felsenthal E. TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year: the Silence Breakers. TIME. http://time.com/magazine/us/5055335/december-18th-2017-vol-190-no-25-u-s/. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
2. Hiltzik M. Los Angeles Times. Will medicine be the next field to face a sexual harassment reckoning? http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medicine-harassment-20180110-story.html. Published January 10, 2018. Accessed April 23, 2018.
3. Thompson K. For Anita Hill, the Clarence Thomas hearings haven’t really ended. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-anita-hill-the-clarence-thomas-hearings-havent-really-ended/2011/10/05/gIQAy2b5QL_story.html. Published October 6, 2011. Accessed April 23, 2018.
4. Toobin J. Good versus evil. In: Toobin J. The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. New York, NY: Doubleday; 2007:30-32.
5. Barnes B. Motion picture academy finds no merit to accusations against its president. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/business/media/john-bailey-sexual-harassment-academy.html. The New York Times. Published March 28, 2018. Accessed April 23, 2018.
6. Thomas G. Because of sex: one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women’s lives at work. New York, NY: Picador; 2016.
7. Landmark cases 2014. American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. http://www.aapl.org/landmark_list.htm. 2014. Accessed April 22, 2018.
8. Meritor Savings Bank v Vinson, 477 US 57 (1986).
9. Harris v Forklift Systems, Inc., 114 S Ct 367 (1993).
10. Okwerekwu JA. #MeToo: so many of my patients have a story. And absorbing them is taking its toll. STAT. https://www.scribd.com/article/367482959/Me-Too-So-Many-Of-My-Patients-Have-A-Story-And-Absorbing-Them-Is-Taking-Its-Toll. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
11. Jagsi R. Sexual harassment in medicine—#MeToo. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:209-211.
12. Jagsi R, Griffith KA, Jones R. et al. Sexual harassment and discrimination experiences of academic medical faculty. JAMA. 2016;315(19):2120-2121.
13. AAMCNEWS. More women than men enrolled in U.S. medical schools in 2017. https://news.aamc.org/press-releases/article/applicant-enrollment-2017/. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed May 4, 2018.
14. Miller D. #MeToo: does it help? Clinical Psychiatry News. https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/150148/depression/metoo-does-it-help. Published October 24, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
15. Chang S, Morahan PS, Magrane D, et al. Retaining faculty in academic medicine: the impact of career development programs for women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(7):687-696.
16. Lautenberger DM, Dandar, VM, Raezer CL, et al. The state of women in academic medicine: the pipeline and pathways to leadership, 2013-2014. AAMC. https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/The%20State%20of%20Women%20in%20Academic%20Medicine%202013-2014%20FINAL.pdf. Published 2014. Accessed May 4, 2018.
17. Jablow M. Zero tolerance: combating sexual harassment in academic medicine. AAMCNews. https://news.aamc.org/diversity/article/combating-sexual-harassment-academic-medicine. Published April 4, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
18. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the School of Medicine and Public Health. UW-Madison Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence. https://compliance.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2018/01/UW-Madison-Policy-on-Sexual-Harassment-And-Sexual-Violence-January-2018.pdf. Published January 2018. Accessed April 22, 2018.

References

1. Felsenthal E. TIME’s 2017 Person of the Year: the Silence Breakers. TIME. http://time.com/magazine/us/5055335/december-18th-2017-vol-190-no-25-u-s/. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
2. Hiltzik M. Los Angeles Times. Will medicine be the next field to face a sexual harassment reckoning? http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medicine-harassment-20180110-story.html. Published January 10, 2018. Accessed April 23, 2018.
3. Thompson K. For Anita Hill, the Clarence Thomas hearings haven’t really ended. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-anita-hill-the-clarence-thomas-hearings-havent-really-ended/2011/10/05/gIQAy2b5QL_story.html. Published October 6, 2011. Accessed April 23, 2018.
4. Toobin J. Good versus evil. In: Toobin J. The nine: inside the secret world of the Supreme Court. New York, NY: Doubleday; 2007:30-32.
5. Barnes B. Motion picture academy finds no merit to accusations against its president. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/business/media/john-bailey-sexual-harassment-academy.html. The New York Times. Published March 28, 2018. Accessed April 23, 2018.
6. Thomas G. Because of sex: one law, ten cases, and fifty years that changed American women’s lives at work. New York, NY: Picador; 2016.
7. Landmark cases 2014. American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. http://www.aapl.org/landmark_list.htm. 2014. Accessed April 22, 2018.
8. Meritor Savings Bank v Vinson, 477 US 57 (1986).
9. Harris v Forklift Systems, Inc., 114 S Ct 367 (1993).
10. Okwerekwu JA. #MeToo: so many of my patients have a story. And absorbing them is taking its toll. STAT. https://www.scribd.com/article/367482959/Me-Too-So-Many-Of-My-Patients-Have-A-Story-And-Absorbing-Them-Is-Taking-Its-Toll. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
11. Jagsi R. Sexual harassment in medicine—#MeToo. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:209-211.
12. Jagsi R, Griffith KA, Jones R. et al. Sexual harassment and discrimination experiences of academic medical faculty. JAMA. 2016;315(19):2120-2121.
13. AAMCNEWS. More women than men enrolled in U.S. medical schools in 2017. https://news.aamc.org/press-releases/article/applicant-enrollment-2017/. Published December 18, 2017. Accessed May 4, 2018.
14. Miller D. #MeToo: does it help? Clinical Psychiatry News. https://www.mdedge.com/psychiatry/article/150148/depression/metoo-does-it-help. Published October 24, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
15. Chang S, Morahan PS, Magrane D, et al. Retaining faculty in academic medicine: the impact of career development programs for women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2016;25(7):687-696.
16. Lautenberger DM, Dandar, VM, Raezer CL, et al. The state of women in academic medicine: the pipeline and pathways to leadership, 2013-2014. AAMC. https://members.aamc.org/eweb/upload/The%20State%20of%20Women%20in%20Academic%20Medicine%202013-2014%20FINAL.pdf. Published 2014. Accessed May 4, 2018.
17. Jablow M. Zero tolerance: combating sexual harassment in academic medicine. AAMCNews. https://news.aamc.org/diversity/article/combating-sexual-harassment-academic-medicine. Published April 4, 2017. Accessed April 23, 2018.
18. University of Wisconsin-Madison, the School of Medicine and Public Health. UW-Madison Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence. https://compliance.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/102/2018/01/UW-Madison-Policy-on-Sexual-Harassment-And-Sexual-Violence-January-2018.pdf. Published January 2018. Accessed April 22, 2018.

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