Question: Can a doctor have a relationship with a former patient?

A physician must terminate the patient-physician relationship before initiating a dating, romantic, or sexual relationship with a patient. Likewise, sexual or romantic relationships between a physician and a former patient may be unduly influenced by the previous physician-patient relationship.

Why is it important to have a good doctor patient relationship?

Effective physician-patient communication has been shown to positively influence health outcomes by increasing patient satisfaction, leading to greater patient understanding of health problems and treatments available, contributing to better adherence to treatment plans, and providing support and reassurance to

Why do doctors hate apples?

The apple represents wellness programs that can prevent the need for medical care, and thats a threat to doctors who learned a lot about diagnosing and treating disease but little about how to prevent it. Theyd better adapt quickly or lose business and income. Thats another reason doctors are scared.

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