2013-09-192013-09-192009http://hdl.handle.net/11212/245http://tinyurl.com/7bfv3w3OBJECTIVE: This research intends to discuss sexual harassment within the doctor-patient relationship based on four parameters: doctor's characteristics, accuser's characteristics, accusation characteristics, and the evaluation by the Medicine Council of São Paulo. METHOD: It is a descriptive, quantitative approach using a retrospective documental analysis. Studied subjects were doctors who were allegedly engaged in sexual harassment. This analysis considered all accusations made from January 2000 to December 2005 (n=150).pdfAbuse-sexualBrazilInternational ResourcesPortuguese languageSex crimesSexual behaviorSuggestibilitySexual harassment in the physician-patient interaction:Text