Law & Medicine

Sexual harassment


 

Dr. S.Y. Tan, emeritus professor of medicine and former adjunct professor of law at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Dr. S.Y. Tan

Dr. Tan is emeritus professor of medicine and a former adjunct professor of law at the University of Hawaii. This article is meant to be educational and does not constitute medical, ethical, or legal advice. For additional information, readers may contact the author at siang@hawaii.edu.

References

1. MacCluskey v. University of Connecticut Health Center, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, No. 17-0807-cv, Dec. 19, 2017.

2. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Feb 23;158(4):352-8.

3. N Engl J Med. 1993 Dec 23;329(26):1936-9.

4. J Nurs Care Qual. 2004 Jul-Sep;19(3):234-41.

5. Anania v. Daubenspeck Chiropractic, 718 N.E. 2d 480 (Ohio 1998).

6. Doe v. Borromeo, Nos. 305162, 305163 (Mich. Ct. App. Sept. 20, 2012).

7. Available at https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm.

8. Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth, 524 US 742 (1998).

9. Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, 524 U.S. 775 (1998).

10. Federation of State Medical Boards, “Addressing Sexual Boundaries: Guidelines for State Medical Boards.

11. J Healthc Risk Manag. 1999 Summer;19(3):14-25.

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