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    Commentary: How do we stop sexual misconduct in health care? Chaperones are one solution

    by Emmet Hirsch, Chicago Tribune Oct 12, 2022 3 minutes
    In 2020, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ ethics committee published a revised committee opinion on sexual misconduct in health care.

    Last week, Columbia University and its affiliated hospitals announced a $165 million settlement to 147 patients who accused a male gynecologist of sexual abuse. The recent settlement follows an agreement last year awarding $71.5 million to 79 other patients for misconduct by the same doctor. The physician, Robert Hadden, pleaded guilty in 2016 to abusing 19 women but shockingly served no prison time.

    This development is the latest in a string of similar reprehensible cases. The

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