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Sleeping with the past: the ethics of post-termination patient-therapist sexual contact
1Department of Psychiatry, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Objective:
The aim of the paper is to devise an ethical argument to support the contention that post-termination patient-therapist sexual contact (PTSC) is always unethical.
Method:
Arguments both defending and condemning post-termination PTSC are reviewed and their strengths and weaknesses explored.
Results:
Analysis of these arguments reveals a strong case for the universal condemnation of post-termination PTSC.
Conclusions:
Ethical codes, including that of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, should be amended to explicitly prohibit post-termination PTSC.
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