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Private or intimate relations between doctor and patient: is zero tolerance warranted?
W Spiegel1, T Colella, P Lupton
1Department of General Practice, Institute of Medical Education, Medical University of Vienna, Thaliastrasse 102/9, A-1160 Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.spiegel@meduniwien.ac.at
Journal of Medical Ethics
|January 7, 2005
Abstract:
This article reviews and comments on the five categories of arguments used to defend zero tolerance with regard to sexual contacts resulting from the physician-patient relationship as summarised by Cullen. In addition it puts forward a hypothesis-"fear of loss by third party"-as a psychological explanation for the collective insistence on a zero tolerance policy.
Keywords:
Professional Patient Relationship