This book is dedicated to the survivors who have experienced sexual harm in our community and on our watch.

We recognise and thank the whistleblowers, who have risked their own professional reputations to stand up for what they know to be right. We also recognise the researchers, educators, regulators, managers, lawyers, supervisors, colleagues and therapists who have mitigated sexual harms in their own ways, their own contexts and their own time.

The voices of survivors have been silenced by individuals, organisations and the insidious impact of hidden medical cultures. Their trauma has been deep. Doctors are dedicated to healing. They should not need to endure abuse from senior colleagues within their workplace in order to practise their profession.

For those who have suffered sexual harassment or abuse, we hope you are able to find some guidance and solace in this book. You are not alone, and the stigma, shame and silence that surrounds sexual trauma is not yours to carry.