"What about accountability to the
patient?"
Recently, the Ontario Special Task Force on Sexual Abuse of
Patients by Health Professionals reunited to issue an
independent report on the progress of a "zero tolerance"
policy introduced in 1994. Despite this policy, the problem
has continued. They indicate a conservative estimate of as
many as 200,000 Ontario residents have been verbally embarrassed,
propositioned, touched inappropriately or even raped by the very
health professionals whose services they sought.
Go to their website to read their full report
"What
about accountability to the patient?"
Final
Report of the Ontario Special Task Force on Sexual Abuse of Patients by
Regulated Health Professionals
| Task Force Chair: |
Marilou McPhedran |
| Task Force Members: |
Harvey Armstrong, Briar Long, Pat Marshall,
Roz Roach |
| Expert Advisor: |
Ronda Bessner |
Marilou McPhedran, chair of the Sexual Abuse Task Force, is a
lawyer who provides strategic counsel in health and human rights. She is the
executive co-ordinator of the National Network on Environments and Women's
Health at York University.
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