Doctor-patient sexual relationships in medical oaths

Transforming doctor-patient relationships.

Historians often ponder how books change history. Our Bodies, Ourselves, the enormously popular and influential work, will long be studied for igniting and sustaining a worldwide women’s health movement. It should also be studied for how it transformed doctorpatient relationships and why it is such a trusted source of health information. The book began in a small discussion group on ‘women and ...

AB021. Doctor-patient sexual communication

Sexual dysfunction is often associated with physical, psycho-social and emotional factors. It is a multicausal and multidimensional problem incorporating the biological, psychological and interpersonal factors. For patients with sexual dysfunction, their sexual and social life has been physically disconcerting, emotionally distressing and socially disruptive. Sexual dysfunctions can be a sympto...

Doctor-patient relationships, laws, clinical guidelines, best practices, evidence-based medicine, medical errors and patient safety

Sixty-three residents completed the CanMEDS In-Training Exam including the two Scholar stations. There were no significant differences between the global scores of the Scholar stations showing that the overall knowledge and effort of the residents was similar across both stations (3.8 vs. 3.5, p = 0.13). No significant differences between senior residents and junior residents were detected or b...

[Sexual contact between doctor and patient].

Codes 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) ...

When the doctor-patient relationship turns sexual.