PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K. Capen
TI  - Harassment issues should be dealt with before they become problems
DP  - 1997 Jun 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1577--1579
VI  - 156
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1577.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/156/11/1577.full
SO  - CMAJ1997 Jun 01; 156
AB  - Sexual and other forms of harassment are common in the medical work environment. Physicians who are employers and medical educators as well as clinicians should be aware they may be held responsible for the harassing conduct of colleagues, employees and others unless measures are in place in the workplace that show reasonable efforts have been made to prevent the behaviour and deal with it appropriately when it occurs. This article uses a US case to illustrate the evolution of a sexual-harassment complaint over several years.