PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - G. A. Golden
AU  - M. Brennan
TI  - Managing erotic feelings in the physician-patient relationship
DP  - 1995 Nov 01
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1241--1245
VI  - 153
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/9/1241.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/153/9/1241.full
SO  - CMAJ1995 Nov 01; 153
AB  - In spite of prohibitions against the sexual involvement of physicians with their patients, erotic feelings sometimes arise in physician-patient relationships. The authors suggest that physicians can protect themselves and their patients from the harm that results from sexual involvement by establishing behavioural limits for their professional relationships, responding to patients' sexual overtures in a firm but nonjudgemental manner, examining their own sexual feelings rationally, seeking consultation if necessary and terminating the relationship if sexual feelings are compromising patient care. The challenge for physicians is to acknowledge that sexual feelings can arise and to manage such feelings for the sake of their own and their patients' well-being.