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Chaperones may offer one solution to sexual abuse of patients by medical providers
By Lisa Schencker - Chicago Tribine - 10.03.2024 - [PREVENTION] Tearha Hill typically stands to one side of the room, with her eyes...
Mar 10, 2024


Doctor jailed for child rape images after being caught watching porn during hospital operation
By Crown Court Reporter - 08.03.2024 - [UK] - [Alexander Grice] A DISGRACED anaesthetist who downloaded more than 14,000 child abuse...
Mar 8, 2024


Sex offender Doctor Mansoor Khan erased from medical register
By Jordan Elkins - Salisbury Journal - 08.03.2023 - [UK] - [Mansoor Khan] A DOCTOR who sought out and downloaded illegal videos of...
Mar 8, 2024


Misconduct management must be ‘strong and robust’
By Michelle Wisbey - NewsGP - 26.02.2024 - [AUSTRALIA] - [Prevention] The RACGP has called for better protection for patients and...
Feb 26, 2024


Flawed state oversight lets doctors accused of abuse continue to see patients
By Emily Hoerner - Chicago Tribune - 26.02.2024 - [USA] - [Prevention] A spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Financial and...
Feb 26, 2024


Safeguarding Children From Sexual Abuse At Health Facilities
By Dr Amar-Singh - CodeBlue - 26.02.2024 - [MALAYSIA] - [Prevention] A recent report has alleged that a doctor working at a government...
Feb 26, 2024


Complaints about doctor malpractice left to languish by Medical Council
By Times of Malta - Mark Zammit - 11.02.2023 [MALTA] - [PREVENTION] Scores of complaints against medical doctors and dentists risk not...
Feb 11, 2024


Officials Admit Failings In Doctor Abuse Investigation
By Maxine Bernstein - Oregon Live - 07/02/2024 - [USA] - [David Farley] The lead West Linn police detective assigned to investigate...
Feb 7, 2024


Arizona law proposal would let public know more about doctor misconduct.
By Andrew Ford - Aziona Republic - 24.01.2024 - [USA] - [PREVENTION] One state lawmaker is stalling a reform that would let Arizonans see...
Jan 24, 2024


Transparency Is Key In Reporting Cases Of Physician Sexual Abuse
By Steven Reynolds - Newsweek ME - 20/01/2024 - [USA] With the Hippocratic Oath underpinning every aspect of their careers, physicians...
Jan 20, 2024


Culture of impunity for staff accused of sexual violence, say campaigners
By David Batty - The Guardian - 21.11.2023 - [UK] There is a culture of impunity around sexual violence by healthcare staff in the NHS,...
Nov 21, 2023


How to protect kids at the doctor's office or other Healthcare Services.
By P. O'Donoghue - Dignity4Patients - 16.11.2023 - [IRELAND] New allegations of paediatricians accused of sexually abusing children, have...
Nov 16, 2023


How to feel safe in the doctor’s office
By Dignity4Patients - 14.11.2023 - [PREVENTION] Dignity4Patients guide for what to expect when you go to see a medical professional, and...
Nov 14, 2023


How Physicians Still Get Away With Sexually Abusing Patients
By Sheila Baylis - TheMessenger - 30.10.2023 [USA] - [PREVENTION] Despite efforts by sexual assault survivors’ advocate groups and media...
Oct 30, 2023


How confidential settlements prevent the public from learning about doctor misconduct
By KGW News - 26.10.2023 [USA] - [Oregon] Part of KGW's new documentary, Sick Medicine, explored a trend of confidential settlement...
Oct 25, 2023


"You have the right to say no," Experts explain how to advocate for yourself at doctors' office
By Kristina Rex - CBS News - 24.10.2023 - [PREVENTION] As more than 150 women come forward to accuse a former Brigham & Women's...
Oct 23, 2023


Bill to address doctor sex abuse on track to become law
By Max Filby - Columbus Dispatch - 24.10.2023 [USA] - [Ohio] Legislation created to better protect patients from sexually abusive medical...
Oct 23, 2023


What’s behind cases of physician sexual abuse
By Felice J. Freyer - Globe Today - 11.10.2023 - [USA] - [Derrick Todd] When Marianne DiTrani described months of alleged sexual abuse at...
Oct 10, 2023


Physician assistant is first person charged under new Oregon sex crime law
By Wright Gazaway - KATU2 ABC - 05.10.2023 [USA] - [Alvin Prasad] A now-suspended physician assistant at OHSU became the first person...
Oct 4, 2023


Cosmetic Surgery - Sexual Assaults
By Dignity4Patients - 02.10.2023 - [IRELAND] November 2022, prosecutors filed sex crime charges against a Minnesota plastic surgeon who...
Oct 2, 2023
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