Studies show that most women physicians-52% in one study and 75% in another-have been sexually harassed at some point in their career by patients.
Rebekah Bernard, M.D.
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Rebekah Bernard, M.D. is a Family physician in Fort Myers, FL, and the author of four books, most recently Imposter Doctors.
Articles by Rebekah Bernard, M.D.
Lady doctors, if you’ve taken Beyonce’s advice to heart and “put a ring on it,” then I have another message for you: Get a prenup.
The statistics are clear: Physicians are burned out, miserable and trying to get out of the clinical practice of medicine, and women physicians are leading the pack at twice the level of burnout as their male colleagues.
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