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- ThunderXcat, on 09/02/2008, -0/+95It's a pretty common practice, in porn.
- WootZoot, on 09/02/2008, -0/+86Depends on the kind of doctor.
Dermatologist? Cardiologist? No problem.
Pediatrician? Thats...no. - talonstriker, on 09/02/2008, -1/+6640% of med students said if they were on a remote island and an attractive patient asked them out, they'd say yes.
Only 40%?!?!? - inactive, on 09/02/2008, -11/+57Ethics of doctors dating patients:
1. Does it hurt anyone?
No more than any other type of relationship.
2. Does it affect the doctor's capacity to do his job?
No.
The end.
Save the world, teach logic in high school. - mentalone, on 09/02/2008, -0/+31Depends... is the patient awake or anesthetized...
- SeaweedWater, on 09/02/2008, -6/+35Yes.
- MakiMaki, on 09/01/2008, -5/+35Doctors are humans too.. I guess it wouldn't be that bad an idea unless the lack of objectivity harms the treatment. This is much more of a problem with the doctor is a psychiatrist, although problems can arise in other vocations too.
- Jeffler, on 09/02/2008, -0/+2859% were lying (margin of error 1%)
- Kyrgizion, on 09/02/2008, -2/+26I wonder how many doctors sleep with patients that came to them for treatment of STD's...
- Starshope, on 09/02/2008, -1/+21dugg for Save the world, teach logic in high school
- MrFurious2k, on 09/02/2008, -0/+18I think the problem is that the mental state of the patient (depending on the issue) puts the doctor in a unique position to take advantage of them. Now obviously this isn't always the case, but part of medical ethics means taking yourself out of a situation in which your judgment could be called into question. Besides, do we really want Doctors to have another group of people trying to sue them?
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sure there are types of physicians that shouldn't sleep with their patients but
for crying out loud if you're a dermatologist and an attractive patient has a thing for you,
who are we to judge. - Grooblle, on 09/02/2008, -0/+14i like turtles
- PPCG4, on 09/02/2008, -1/+14They're med students. Not doctors. They're 20-something and in university. Of course they're gonna say yes to an attractive girl on an island... come on.
- xsecretfiles, on 09/02/2008, -4/+17What? nobody watches Grey's Anatomy?
- staeiou, on 09/02/2008, -2/+15Just because people do it doesn't make it morally right. Doctors are in positions of power over patients, and rules against sleeping with patients exist to protect both the doctor and the patient. The last thing doctors need are poor addicts seducing them in order to get pain pills.
- kent1146, on 09/02/2008, -0/+11Ummm, *****.
You mean I went all this way through Med school for nothing? - shig, on 09/02/2008, -0/+11like pediatricians.
- medfreak, on 09/02/2008, -4/+12Based on your logic, Doctors should not hold any person in their entire life close to a personal level. They should dump their entire family, their friends and all their siblings' relationships in order for them not to jeopardize your "schedule". After all, any one of those might at one point need medical advice, and instead of doing the rational thing of asking their relative / friend on his personal time, they chose to do it through the clinic.
Similarly, a patient who starts seeing the doctor and sleeps with him, will get out of the bed the next morning, wave farewell to her lover, only to wait in line at his office along with tens of other people, in order to receive her medical advice, which for some unworldly reason, the doctor failed to offer when they shared the bed. - Asianwaste, on 09/02/2008, -5/+13The relatives of doctors are treated by other doctors fool. Do you think a Doctor can objectively perform his practice on relatives and close associates? You're not being rational, you're being naive. A medical doctor is a position of power. A doctor might have that diploma but they are still vulnerable to the same human tendencies as anyone else.
- squafro, on 09/02/2008, -1/+9Geriatricians: gross
Oncologists: perverted ('You have cancer. Wanna f**k?)
Psychiatrists: abuse
Radiologists: as long as she dont got a broken hip
Ob/Gyn: fetish much?
is it wrong yet... - inactive, on 09/02/2008, -4/+12Your objection is not about the relationship then, it's about preferential treatment.
One does not imply the other. - thisisacycle, on 09/02/2008, -2/+9Would a colonic be more or less awkward?
- EmperorPsiblade, on 09/02/2008, -0/+7That's why she's not your woman.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -0/+7It's especially wrong if the patient is still on the operating table.
- ANODRAC, on 09/02/2008, -4/+10They do it on ER.
- SFBWork, on 09/02/2008, -1/+7Abortion docs, cause you know your patients put out.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -3/+9For gods sake have some class.
- pintomp3, on 09/02/2008, -0/+6the antidote is in my penis.
- inactive, on 09/02/2008, -0/+6seriously huh, what the hell is wrong with the other 60%?
- squafro, on 09/02/2008, -1/+6As a current med student...um why am i in the minority?
Strangely, only 40% of our med year is male. Hmmmm... - Katana314, on 09/02/2008, -0/+5And yet only 40% of them did. That's what's so weird.
- kefkaantakrist, on 09/02/2008, -1/+5You assume that caring about someone is beneficial to your medical care for them. It has consistently been held to not be. Emotions cloud judgment - that's the entire basis for the SW prequels (haha). And it is the same reason why doctors don't/shouldn't/can't self medicate.
And I think there is a big difference between a Doctor/Patient relationship and a Cashier/Customer relationship. The cashier doesn't usually have the power to save/end your life through any of the typical decisions that come up in the course of his work.
PS The entire problem with Bill Clinton ***** Monica Lewinsky, aside from the fact that he lied about it under oath, was that he was abusing his position of power over her. It is the same reason why pedophilia is wrong... it violates the ideas of trust and authority children are expected to have w.r.t. their elders. - thespiff, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4I feel like if you're trapped on a desert island...who you sleep with is not going to be the highest priority societal norm for you to maintain...
- drnorris, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4If I was on a remote island and I wasn't a doctor and a woman asked me to have sex I would say yes. Dur.
- Myztry, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4Judge: "Did you sleep with your patient?"
Doctor: "Sorry, that is confidential information protected under doctor/patient privilege legislation..." - rachelhelene, on 09/02/2008, -1/+5As a woman, I have to say that if an attractive doctor tried to sleep with me I wouldn't have a problem with it :)
- BaoUnit, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4Not smooth sailing when it hurts to pee!
- pe5t1lence, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4So your doc won't even give you the common courtesy of a reach around?
- russdthree, on 09/02/2008, -2/+6You don't get PhDs in pediatrics. You get an MD. Or DO. Or for the British-flavoured, an MBBS.
- Jhiaxuz, on 09/02/2008, -0/+4"Ok, I'm going to perform this routine gynaecologic examination with my penis".
- diceau, on 09/02/2008, -1/+4I'd say your logic is flawed. So you are right, they should teach logic in high school.
- ChinezePanda, on 09/02/2008, -0/+3My girl plagues my tivo and my netflix q with that garbage.
God.. when will she learn.. hospitals dont work like that! - tkotam, on 09/02/2008, -0/+3Or in the morgue, when he's performing an autopsy on her.. Never mind. This is so wrong at so many levels.. :-)
- Asianwaste, on 09/02/2008, -4/+7Holy crap, you're stupid. I'm wasting my time here.
Edit: Mr. T? Are you kidding me or are you just that lame? - inactive, on 09/02/2008, -0/+3It's only wrong if you enjoy it.
- xxl3w, on 09/02/2008, -0/+2If it's my wife, yes. If its your wife, no.
- Asianwaste, on 09/02/2008, -1/+3Spiff:
Impartiality is important in many more ways than just a simple transplant. Resource allocation, confidentiality, judgment, etc.
Let's play it a different angle. Sure a doctor and patient are great together but then one day, they break up. In fact it's a rough break up. Is one party in a position for retribution? You bet your life. It can go either way. The patient can slander the doctor or the doctor can secretly break confidentiality. Hurts no one but the two of them? Wrong. If it comes to the point where the Doctor's practice comes into question, every other scheduled patient would either have to reschedule and/or find another doctor, and it's not always as easy as just go find another doctor. No one's health should ever be effected by someone else's personal life. - pauldy, on 09/02/2008, -0/+2Dude, you must be from slashdot or something if you think your supposed to read the article before offering up an uneducated off the cuff opinion based solely on your personal emotional response to the title of the original post.
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