Research on Sexual Harassment

hi i am a physiotherapist student (forth year) have a research about "sexual harassment in physiotherapy" , i need someone who have ability or memeber in In a journal “physical therapy “ or “ Physiotherapy research international” in order to have some research . (the title of researchs i have , just want the full text " as follow
1. Inappropriate sexual behaviours of patients towards practising physiotherapists: a study using qualitative methods.from Physiotherapy research international journal
2. Patient sexual behaviors and sexual harassment: a national survey of physical therapists.from physical therapy journal
3. Experiences of student and practicing physical therapists with inappropriate patient sexual behavior. from physical therapy journal.
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Manar

Phsiobase why you don't reply
plz reply at least on one research
ur the only hope
Manar
thanx

Here's the abstract on the first one. I suggest you go to the library. After all you are a 4th year. Then do a medline search for the full text!

Also the journals website is at www.pri-online.org/

Physiother Res Int. 1999;4(1):28-42. Related Articles, Links


Inappropriate sexual behaviours of patients towards practising physiotherapists: a study using qualitative methods.

O'Sullivan V, Weerakoon P.

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Recent research recognizes the occurrence of inappropriate sexual behaviour (ISB) by patients towards health professionals. The objective of this study was to explore in-depth the clinical context and effect of incidents of ISB towards practising physiotherapists. METHOD: In-depth interviews were conducted with a sub-sample of nine physiotherapists who were part of a larger survey on ISB. Quantitative analyses of the survey responses are reported elsewhere. Interview participants were asked to describe an incident of ISB by a patient that was either perceived to be the worst or was the most recent. They were asked questions on a variety of themes, such as their relationship with the patient prior to incident, the effects of the incident, the strategies used to deal with the incident, and changes in practice as a result of the incident. RESULTS: All interview participants reported encountering some level of ISB from patients. Although the overall frequency of these behaviours was relatively low, the range of behaviours was diverse. Regardless of the perceived severity of the incident, only four participants labelled their experience as 'sexual harassment'. Many reported negative effects on work performance. Participants mainly used physical measures to prevent further incidents, rather than confronting the perpetrator or reporting the incident. CONCLUSIONS: The findings are discussed in the context of theory pertaining to boundaries and issues of transference and counter-transference. This emphasized the need for effective communication skills training of both undergraduate and graduate physiotherapists in the prevention and management of ISB from patients.

PMID: 10368837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]