# Medical Ethics: who can and cannot sleep with patients?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-who-can-and-cannot-sleep-with-patients/371549>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 5, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-who-can-and-cannot-sleep-with-patients/371549 "2006-09-05T20:09:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-ethics-who-can-and-cannot-sleep-with-patients/371549/21 "2006-09-07T20:27:03Z")

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[QUOTE=bobkitty]  
Hrm.. is that new? Because I can tick off at least four people who are violating that right now, and that’s just off the top of my head…  
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Well, that’s what I learned in training in 1994, so it’s been around since at least then.

Note that there’s ethical and then there’s legal. It’s not ethical. (that doens’t mean that a psychiatrist can’t get sued for it - and usually the malpractice carrier does NOT cover those damages)

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