title: Allegations of sexual misconduct: a risk management perspective.
abstract: Increasingly, patients are making complaints to state licensing boards and filing lawsuits against healthcare providers alleging sexual misconduct. This article addresses the risk management implications of patient allegations of sexual misconduct involving inappropriate touching by healthcare providers during an examination or treatment. From a risk management standpoint, techniques can be implemented before and after these incidents that can help reduce the facility's exposure.
authors.affiliation: Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes, Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adkins
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010808:Physical Examination; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States