Sexual assault in a health care setting



In 2006, someone who had been sexually assaulted by a healthcare professional contacted the AQPV to report the many obstacles they encountered once they made the decision to file a complaint.

A few months after receiving this letter and after much research and interviews, the AQPV launched its Sensibilisation, information et formation à la problématique des agressions sexuelles commises par des professionnels de la santé [project to raise awareness and provide information and training on the issue of sexual assault committed by health care professionals].

Publication of an issue of journal Les Cahiers de PV – Antenne sur la victimologie on the theme of sexual assault committed by therapists (2007)
Publication of the guide and pamphlet on Sexual involvement between a health care professional and a client: An inappropriate behaviour, a sexual assault and a crime (2008)
The objective of these documents is to raise public awareness of this problem and help victims to identify and recognize what they experienced (or are experiencing) as assault. The documents also describe warning signs, debunk myths about victims of this type of sexual assault and present the forms of recourse available to them.

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• Sexual assault in a health care setting

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