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Sexual Misconduct by Board Certified Family Physicians.

Elizabeth Baxley1, Shannon Dunahue2, Annie Koempel2

  • 1From the Executive Vice President, American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (EB); Program Manager, Professionalism Department, American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (SD); Qualitative Scientist, Research Department, American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AK); Associate Professor and Associate Chief, Division of Family Medicine, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC (AA); PGY-1 Resident, General Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (BH); Senior Vice President for Diplomate Experience, American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (GL); Professor Emeritus, Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (MKM). ebaxley@theabfm.org).

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
|October 25, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Sexual misconduct by American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) physicians is rare, affecting 0.1% of those disciplined. Most perpetrators were male physicians, with female patients as victims, often involving unwanted sexual behavior or relationships.

Keywords:
CertificationFamily MedicineFamily PhysiciansMedical EthicsProfessional MisconductSexual MisconductSpecialty BoardsTrust

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