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‘I think we should see other people’: How to divorce your patient
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‘I think we should see other people’: How to divorce your patient
Wednesday 18 August 2021, 12:35 AM
![Taking a different path and freeing yourself from a destructive professional relationship may keep you around for longer, servicing the needs of many other patients.](/sites/default/files/styles/cropped_image_16_7_/public/2021-08/ivan-aleksic-8QgQnUhYs7w-unsplash.jpg?itok=jLIqjcfu)
Taking a different path and freeing yourself from a destructive professional relationship may keep you around for longer, servicing the needs of many other patients [Image: Ivan Aleksic on Unsplash]
Doctors may experience difficulties in their relationship with some patients, which may lead to negative outcomes for both doctor and patient. Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps discusses what’s needed to safely end a patient–doctor relationship
Key points, Doctors sometimes cannot effectively treat a patient and adequately meet the needs of their other patients.
A number of steps are required before en, Pract Green w Pale Yellow
References
1. Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. The GP workforce. tinyurl.com/vuhekrj5
2. Groves J E. Taking care of the hateful patient. N Engl J Med 1978;298(16):883–87.
3. Medical Council of New Zealand. Ending a doctor-patient relationship. December 2020. tinyurl.com/wrj823se