• Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Apr 2004

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    [Sexual contact between doctor and patient].

    • F J Meijman.
    • Huisartsen Oude Turfmarkt Amsterdam, tevens: VU Medisch Centrum, afd. Metamedica, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam. fj.meijman@vumc.nl
    • Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2004 Apr 17; 148 (16): 765-7.

    AbstractCodes of medical practice forbid a doctor to have sex with a patient. Still, practice and attitudes turn out to be unruly, so there is a need for (public) discussion and education. Moreover, other professional limitations in the doctor-patient relationship (e.g., 'non-medical' physical contact, dating a patient, accepting gifts from a patient, and treating partners, family-members and friends) require more attention to facilitate the reverification of the impermissibility of a sexual relationship with a patient. The need for such reverification is underlined by the expected changes in the balance between engagement and detachment in the doctor-patient relationship due to the influences on medical practice of technology, protocols and the discontinuity of personal care.

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