Institutional Responses to Harassment and Discrimination in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kacey Y Eichelberger1, Nancy C Chescheir, Laura E Riley

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville/Greenville Health System, Greenville, South Carolina; the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Obstetrics and Gynecology
|September 12, 2018
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