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RSS FeedsDisciplinary panel considers whether doctor should lose licence for dating former patient
(The Star Books)

 
 

23 february 2017 04:27:22

 
Disciplinary panel considers whether doctor should lose licence for dating former patient
(The Star Books)
 


Should a psychiatrist who began dating his patient shortly after they stopped seeing each other professionally be allowed to keep his licence? That’s the question before a discipline panel of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which must determine if Toronto doctor Nagi Ghabbour should become the first physician in the province to have his licence yanked for becoming romantically involved with a former patient too soon after the end of the doctor-patient relationship. The penalty of revocation is “appropriate and necessary to protect the public and ensure that public trust in the profession is maintained and that public trust in the regulator is maintained,” college lawyer Elisabeth Widner told the five-member panel Wednesday. Ghabbour’s case comes as the provincial government is looking to strengthen the law around sexual abuse and physician-patient relationships in the wake of a Star investigation. Under proposed legislation, known as Bill 87, announced last year a person is still considered a “patient” for the purpose of the new rules for one year after they stop seeing the physician. Therefore, any sexual activity within that year would be considered sexual abuse and lead to the mandatory revocation of a doctor’s licence. “It’s an indication of where our society is moving in Ontario with regards to this type of conduct,” Widner told the panel. She pointed out that while Bill 87 has yet to become law, the panel still has the discretion now to revoke. The college’s current policy on sex with former patients states that several factors should be considered, including the length and intensity of the professional relationship, the type of care involved, and how much personal information has been confided to the doctor. “When the physician-patient relationship involves a significant component of psychoanalysis or psychotherapy, sexual involvement with the patient is ...


 
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