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Sleeping with the Past: The Ethics of Post-Termination Patient-Therapist Sexual Contact

Published:1996-04 Issue:2 Volume:30 Page:171-177
ISSN:0004-8674
Container-title:Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Aust N Z J Psychiatry

Author:

Ryan Christopher James¹,Anderson Josephine²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychiatry, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

2. Department of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the paper is to devise an ethical argument to support the contention that post-termination patient–therapist sexual contact (PTSC) is always unethical. Method: Arguments both defending and condemning post-termination PTSC are reviewed and their strengths and weaknesses explored. Results: Analysis of these arguments reveals a strong case for the universal condemnation of post-termination PTSC. Conclusions: Ethical codes, including that of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, should be amended to explicitly prohibit post-termination PTSC.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/00048679609076091

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