To the Editor: “Patients often suggest a ‘social meeting’ after you have treated them. It’s a slippery slope” — quote from an Australian medical student.1
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- 1. McGurgan P, Calvert KL, Narula K, et al. Medical students’ opinions on professional behaviours: the Professionalism of Medical Students’ (PoMS) study. Med Teach 2020; 42: 340–350.
- 2. Millbank J. Sexual relationships between health practitioners and former patients: when is it misconduct? Med J Aust 2020; 213: 212–215. https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2020/213/5/sexual‐relationships‐between‐health‐practitioners‐and‐former‐patients‐when‐it
- 3. Breen KJ, Cordner SM, Thomson CJ. Good medical practice: professionalism, ethics and law; 4th ed. Canberra: Australian Medical Council, 2016.
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