Abstract
Medicine has been long considered a noble profession. Nobility in medicine is not obsolete; the selflessness, courage, self-sacrifice, and altruism on gallant display in the response to COVID-19 reassure that at its core, this ethic of egalitarian service remains intact and deeply established in the DNA of physicians worldwide.1 However, a rising rate of reported sexual misconduct in the UK NHS is putting both vulnerable patients and learners at risk of long-term physical and mental harm.2 Sexual misconduct is not only devastating for the victims, but by making the workplace unsafe for women, perpetrators make the workplace unsafe for patients.
Publisher
British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
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