Physicians Disciplined for Sex-Related Offenses
Open Access
- 17 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 279 (23) , 1883-1888
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.279.23.1883
Abstract
SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS between physicians and their patients can have devastating consequences for the patients1-6 and can harm physicians' ability to make objective medical judgments.7 Ethical prohibitions against sexual relationships between physicians and their patients date back at least to the Hippocratic oath, which was probably written in the late fourth century BC.8 However, only in the last 30 years has sexual contact with patients been clearly condemned by the medical profession.Keywords
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