title: Sexuality, sexual harassment, and sexual humor: guidelines for the workplace in health care.
abstract: Sexual humor is common in the health care workplace. However, it may be used inappropriately and present a challenge to the manager. Managers must set appropriate standards for workplace humor. When sexual humor is not effectively handled, legal action may result, which wastes time and money for all involved and damages interpersonal relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dowd
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidhizar
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidhizar
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards