Physician Sexual Abuse: The Downward Spiral of a Beloved Profession

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Krystal Alexander

Negligence is a very real internal cancer that has been slowly  eroding this profession. It rears its ugly head in many forms. From  turning a blind eye to deliberately withholding information that  could be detrimental to a colleague’s career, negligence is simply  not doing better, in spite of knowing better. Read more

My Take - We need to abandon old paradigms regarding professionals and academics.  In days gone by they were treated with a higher degree of respect and given the benefit of the doubt due to their supposed intelligence, their education and their field of practice.  But people - irrespective of position - are still people and will be impacted by the societal paradigms in which they grew up and live with.  Society has abandoned traditional values - why would we expect anything different from professionals. 

Then again - maybe this has always existed but now we're just more aware of it?  The three questions that really need to be explored are:  How much of this has gone on - how often has this gone on  - how long has this gone on? 

When our respected and stable institutions fall prey to lax values there no longer exists stable touchstones for society as a whole.  I'm 70 years old and I'm dismayed at what I see going on.