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Study data from University Hospital, Department of Forensic Medicine update understanding of life sciences

Published in Hospital Business Week, September 21st, 2008

New investigation results, 'Practitioner sex abuse: occurrence, prevention and disciplinary sanction,' are detailed in a study published in Medicine, Science, and the Law. According to a study from Angers, France, "Studies put forward figures for male practitioner sex abuse of around ten per cent. This practice, which is contrary to medical ethics, is highly reprehensible in ethical terms."

"The assaults range from uninvited meddling in patients' sexual lives to proven rape and inappropriate touching. The majority of this type of abuse is perpetrated by psychiatrists, but in more recent times a growing number of cases have been uncovered involving general...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-09-21)

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