Posted by mair on March 11, 2004, at 21:51:06
In reply to Re: This blew my mind » mair, posted by Karen_kay on March 11, 2004, at 21:32:54
I really don't know how long she was a patient of his. His boundaries were pretty loose with me but I assumed this was because we knew one another socially (although infrequently and not recently) before I started seeing him. Also, I live in a somewhat self-contained area where you tend to run into the same people alot. So it was fine for us to acknowledge one another outside of his office because we really did know each other.
I never had reason to question his ethics at all. Ironically, while I was his patient, one of his colleagues left their practice. I found out later (in the newspaper) that his license had been suspended because of an affair he started having with one of his patients. I'm sure that's why he left my doc's office.
I don't quite know what to make of it - like you, I found it shocking.
Mair
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