In their attempts to decrease the frequency of sexual misconduct and rein in its effects, they offer a variety of perspectives, including forensic, ethical, educational, and therapeutic. Whether this book will help the cause remains questionable. In principle, the basic thesis of Physician Sexual Misconduct is straightforward. As in any profession, medicine can expect to have a percentage of practitioners inclined to engage in unprofessional behavior. Patients and their families are injured.
Physicians scramble for safety.
Therapists and theoreticians attempt to explain why misconduct occurs. Ethicists deplore the behavior and attempt to set it in an ethical context. Lawyers sue those engaging in the behavior. Insurance companies maneuver to protect themselves from lawsuits resulting from this behavior. Educators endeavor to teach that such behavior is wrong.