Bullying and Sexual Discrimination in the Greek Health Care System

Systematic review of the prevalence, impact and mitigating strategies for bullying, undermining behaviour and harassment in the surgical workplace

“…). A summary of the key findings from each of the 32 included papers is shown in Table S1 (supporting information).…”

“…Countries of study origin included Australia, Canada, China, Greece, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK and the USA. The studies were published between 1996 and 2017 inclusive.…”

“…The mean sample size was 1268 (range 20–21 095), and included nurses, allied health professionals, medical students and surgeons. In terms of methodology, 29 studies used cross‐sectional surveys, one used semistructured interviews, and two tested interventions. Twenty‐two studies reported the prevalence of BUBH, 11 investigated the impact of these behaviours and six considered strategies to tackle them.…”

“…Some authors attempted to overcome this problem by providing their participants with definitions of BUBH, so that they could identify and report these more accurately. Fifteen studies, however, did not explicitly define terms. For those that did, there were no universally agreed definitions of what constitutes BUBH.…”

“…Of 216 female oral and maxillofacial surgeons in the USA, 17 of 60 residents (28 per cent) and 59 (37·8 per cent) of 156 practising surgeons reported being sexually harassed at work. In a survey of Greek female medical students and doctors (1349 respondents), a significantly greater proportion of women in surgery perceived more limited career opportunities than their female colleagues working in medicine.…”