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Laura Baecher-Lind1, Jodi Abbott, Katharyn Meredith Atkins
1Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and University of North Carolina School of Medicine, UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill North Carolina.
Abstract:
Although national attention has been focused on sexual harassment and gender inequity in the United States, leaders within the obstetrics and gynecology community have remained relatively silent. Sexual harassment and gender inequity remain pervasive in our specialty. This article serves as a call to action for leadership as well as physicians within obstetrics and gynecology to implement ethical and evidence-based approaches to reduce gender inequity and improve workplace culture within our specialty.
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