The Girl From Innsmouth
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Why is it such a big deal
1. A physician is in a position of power over a patient. This makes consent a much murkier issue than between two peers. Especially when that physician reports to your employer and could, hypothetically, have you benched.
2. A physician sleeping with a patient could, contrariwise, have his own judgement manipulatedand become a vending machine for painkillers and assorted other goodies. (Lest we forget, Jillian Hall had a painkiller problem coming out of the WWE.)
3. The sexual relationship between doctor and patient interferes with the frank, professional communication a doctor needs to have with someone in his care.