In a first of its kind, the Indian Psychiatric Society has come out with guidelines for doctors on sexual and other ethical boundaries, to train them on what is ethically right and wrong. This comes in light of the growing number of cases where by doctors have been accused of crossing boundaries in the nature of their work. President of IPS, in this regard “It is important for the doctors to know about their boundaries of being intimate with a patient, both physically and mentally.
Non-consensual sexual activity is a crime but doctors agree that even consensual sexual activity in a power imbalance relationship like that of a doctor and patient is not truly consensual. It is hoped that these guidelines will encourage other medical groups in India to begin addressing these problems efficiently.” Following are the major recommendations of the guidelines:- 1. It is the ethical duty of all…
