“The State Medical Board has considered him guilty from the beginning…” These words, spoken by Doctor Craig Johnson’s wife, Eugenia in the Journal, local newspaper of Middletown Ohio, are heart breaking. From a time prior to my birth to my move to South Carolina four years ago, Craig and Eugenia Johnson have been trusted family friends. That trust continues to be held by my family and me, but certain people in Middletown feel differently. On January 2, 2012, a 23-year old female patient, interviewing for a clerical position at his office, was asked to take all her clothes off to be weighed, according to a report from the state medical board (Poturalski). Hannah Poturalski, author of the Journal article states:
“The woman’s testimony alleges she was given no option for a medical gown, and was told by the doctor that he would also take off everything if she asked him to, according to public documents” (Poturalski).
The articles goes on to describe the hearing, where, in Johnson’s testimony, he claimed that “he only wanted the woman to take off her sweater in order to get her blood pressure, and ‘froze’ when he found …show more content…
In California, in the year 1994, there was an action report published by J. Kent Garman, M.D. titled “Accusations of Sexual Misconduct or Harassment against Physicians.” He begins the bulk of his article with the following: “Over the previous several months, articles on sexual misconduct have appeared in [Several California County bulletins]… In addition, 10 years ago, the term sexual harassment was rarely heard and certainly not understood” (Garman). This is interesting, because though the Johnson case is not from 1994, but is in fact twenty years forward from the point this article was written, the statement that sexual harassment has become more prominent is still apt. Garman goes on to talk about possible reasons for these accusations
“The woman’s testimony alleges she was given no option for a medical gown, and was told by the doctor that he would also take off everything if she asked him to, according to public documents” (Poturalski).
The articles goes on to describe the hearing, where, in Johnson’s testimony, he claimed that “he only wanted the woman to take off her sweater in order to get her blood pressure, and ‘froze’ when he found …show more content…
In California, in the year 1994, there was an action report published by J. Kent Garman, M.D. titled “Accusations of Sexual Misconduct or Harassment against Physicians.” He begins the bulk of his article with the following: “Over the previous several months, articles on sexual misconduct have appeared in [Several California County bulletins]… In addition, 10 years ago, the term sexual harassment was rarely heard and certainly not understood” (Garman). This is interesting, because though the Johnson case is not from 1994, but is in fact twenty years forward from the point this article was written, the statement that sexual harassment has become more prominent is still apt. Garman goes on to talk about possible reasons for these accusations