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Originally Posted by Favorite Jeans
No don't bring it up with him. He's not a therapist, doesn't have the training to deal with it and it's not part of his job or obligation to work through it with you. There's a good chance he'd refer you to another physician. I cannot see any good that would come of telling him.
Also re: Melania's suggestion that you go for it because there are no laws forbidding it, um, yes there are in most jurisdictions (in North America anyway). If not laws, then professional codes of conduct. So while he probably wouldn't go to jail for having a sexual relationship with a patient he could lose his license and/or pay a hefty fine.
If it's really an issue, get a therapist and talk to them about it.
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Thanks, I mean he's nice, I honestly think he'd listen and recommend a therapist or counselor. But I don't really know him, and if it makes him uncomfortable he could, like you said, refer me to a new physician without trying to work it out. To him that may be the most ethical thing to do. I thought Melania's post was funny :-) and in my dreams, I would ask him to go on a date, but your right...as long as I'm still a pt at his practice, it's unethical....here's opinion 8.14 in the ama code of ethics "At a minimum, a physician's ethical duties include terminating the physician-patient relationship before initiating a dating, romantic, or sexual relationship with a patient. As long as I was no longer a patient, according to the AMA, it would be ethically OK. He could not lose his license unless he did something the AMA considered unethical.. But I think psychiatrists might have stricter rules abt this. Thank you, I agree I think I would feel better discussing it with a therapist, at least to see if that helped before risking losing my doctor. I think I'll just not say anything:-)