Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction: mapping the territory
- 1 The ethical importance of boundaries to intimacy
- 2 The patient's perspective: impact and treatment
- 3 Teaching ethics and ethical behaviour to medical students
- 4 With the benefit of hindsight: lessons from history
- 5 The prevalence of boundary violations between mental health professionals and their clients
- 6 Psychiatry: responding to the Kerr/Haslam Inquiry
- 7 The general practitioner and abuse in primary care
- 8 Boundaries and boundary violations in psychotherapy
- 9 Sexual therapies: ethical guidelines, vulnerabilities and boundaries
- 10 Obstetrics and gynaecology: a special case?
- 11 Nurses as abusers: a career perspective
- 12 Medical management: governance and sexual boundary issues
- 13 Dealing with offending doctors: sanctions and remediation
- 14 Defending doctors: the protection society's experience
- 15 Regulation and its capacity to minimise abuse by professionals
- 16 The role of the General Medical Council
- Appendix 1 Extract from Vulnerable Patients, Safe Doctors
- Appendix 2 Codes of ethics of psychiatric associations in other countries
- Appendix 3 Guidance from the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
- Appendix 4 Examples of determinations by the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise panels
- Appendix 5 Website resources and information
- Index
Appendix 5 - Website resources and information
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures, tables and boxes
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction: mapping the territory
- 1 The ethical importance of boundaries to intimacy
- 2 The patient's perspective: impact and treatment
- 3 Teaching ethics and ethical behaviour to medical students
- 4 With the benefit of hindsight: lessons from history
- 5 The prevalence of boundary violations between mental health professionals and their clients
- 6 Psychiatry: responding to the Kerr/Haslam Inquiry
- 7 The general practitioner and abuse in primary care
- 8 Boundaries and boundary violations in psychotherapy
- 9 Sexual therapies: ethical guidelines, vulnerabilities and boundaries
- 10 Obstetrics and gynaecology: a special case?
- 11 Nurses as abusers: a career perspective
- 12 Medical management: governance and sexual boundary issues
- 13 Dealing with offending doctors: sanctions and remediation
- 14 Defending doctors: the protection society's experience
- 15 Regulation and its capacity to minimise abuse by professionals
- 16 The role of the General Medical Council
- Appendix 1 Extract from Vulnerable Patients, Safe Doctors
- Appendix 2 Codes of ethics of psychiatric associations in other countries
- Appendix 3 Guidance from the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
- Appendix 4 Examples of determinations by the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practise panels
- Appendix 5 Website resources and information
- Index
Summary
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Web pages
Psychiatrists’ Support Service
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/member/psychiatristssupportservice.aspx
Resource Catalogue
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinfoforall/moreinformation/ordermaterials.aspx
Documents
Good Psychiatric Practice (3rd edition) (Council Report CR154), 2009. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/collegereports/cr/cr154.aspx
Vulnerable Patients, Vulnerable Doctors. Good Practice in Our Clinical Relationships (Council Report CR146), 2007. http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/collegereports/cr/cr146.aspx
Sexual Boundary Issues in Psychiatric Settings (Council Report CR 145). http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/collegereports/cr/cr145.aspx
Major inquiries
Ayling Inquiry report, 2004
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4088996
Independent Investigation into the Conduct of David Britten, 2008 http://www.verita.net/pages/our_work/107/verita.html
The Kerr/Haslam Inquiry, 2005
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4115349
The Neale Inquiry, 2004
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4088995
The Ritchie report, 2000 (concerning Rodney Ledward)http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4093337
The Shipman Inquiry, 2002
http://www.the-shipman-inquiry.org.uk/reports.asp
Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CRHE)
http://www.chre.org.uk
Reports from the CHRE
Clear Sexual Boundaries http://www.chre.org.uk/satellite/133
Gives access to:
• Guidance for Patients on Clear Sexual Boundaries With Healthcare Professionals
• Clear Sexual Boundaries Between Healthcare Professionals and Patients: Responsibilities of Healthcare Professionals
• Clear Sexual Boundaries Between Healthcare Professionals and Patients: Guidance for Fitness to Practise Panels
• Learning About Sexual Boundaries Between Healthcare Professionals and Patients: A Report on Education and Training
• Sexual Boundary Violations by Health Professionals – An Overview of the Published Empirical Literature
Other organisations
Clinic for Boundary Studies (formerly Witness)
http://professionalboundaries.org.uk
General Medical Council (GMC)
http://www.gmc-uk.org
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk
Public Concern at Work (PCAW)
http://www.pcaw.co.uk
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- Abuse of the Doctor-Patient Relationship , pp. 230 - 232Publisher: Royal College of PsychiatristsFirst published in: 2017