MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dual relationship'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:50 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265858&cid=t_235752_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Fwhat-are-doctors-doing-on-facebook%2F In a survey of 405 postgraduate trainee doctors (residents and fellows) from France, researchers examined how doctors are using Facebook — not only for themselves, but also in their interactions with patients. Facebook, if you’ve been sleeping for the past year and didn’t notice TIME magazine just named Mark Zuckerberg — Facebook’s CEO and founder — Person of the Year, is the world’s largest social networking site. It allows you to connect with other acquaintances (they use the term “friends,” but this is a ridiculous use of the word since most people’s Facebook connections are not traditional friends) easily, online. Perhaps too easily. The relationship between doctor and patient (or therapist and client) isn’t one based up... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265858 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:49:39 +0100 4265858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683620&cid=t_235752_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpatient-doctor-facebook-friends-could-be-a-hipaa-violation%2F2010.06.21 Should you friend your doctor on Facebook? It’s a question that’s gaining increasing relevance as Facebook increases its social networking dominance. I’ve touched upon the issue in the past. So has the New England Journal of Medicine. Washington, DC, physician Katherine Chretian gives her take on the issue in a recent USA Today op-ed. She is an expert of the Facebook-medicine intersection, having authored a JAMA study on the issue. She says, no, doctors should not be friending their patients: Having a so-called dual relationship with a patient — that is, a financial, social or professional relationship in addition to the therapeutic relationship — can lead to serious ethical issues and potentially impair professional judgment. We need professional boundaries to do our job well. F... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683620 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:00:12 +0100 3683620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592262&cid=t_235752_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F24%2F5-more-reasons-your-therapist-wont-see-you-now%2F “Sorry, I can’t be your therapist. Here’s a referral to another colleague I trust…” Some people may take for granted that therapists can pick and choose who they see and under what conditions. Not all therapists will see every patient that walks through their office door. There are a variety of reasons a therapist won’t see you, and most of them have to do with professional ethics. For instance, most therapists seek to avoid “dual relationships” with you or their other patients. A “dual relationship” is one where the therapist isn’t just your therapist, but may also be a friend, lover, business associate, or some other role in your life. Therapists seek to avoid dual relationships, so if they are already your friend, busine... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592262 Mon, 24 May 2010 10:20:24 +0100 3592262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342704&cid=t_235752_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Fcouch-surfing-when-a-therapist-says-it-isnt-a-good-fit%2F Most clients know what it feels like when they meet with a therapist and it isn’t a good fit. Maybe you leave the initial session feeling misunderstood or knowing that the therapist’s personality or style isn’t a good match for you. Maybe the therapist reminds you of someone in your life for whom you have negative feelings. Or maybe you can’t stand her office or the location, or you recognize that the fee she charges is more than you can reasonably afford. But what about when you think it’s a good fit and the therapist doesn’t? This can be uncomfortable — particularly if it doesn’t match your perception of the connection you made. When a therapist tells you that she or he doesn’t think it’s a good fit or she doesn’t believe she is t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342704 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:24 +0100 3342704 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348481&cid=t_235752_109_f&fid=35451&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jung-at-heart.com%2Fjung_at_heart%2Fdual_relationships.html In this week's episodes of In Treatment we saw two examples of dual relationships in psychotherapy and I have received emails asking to to say more about this. It might seem that it would be easy to make a clear definition and prohibition against dual relationships, but in fact it is not and how they are viewed varies some by theoretical orientation. The more the relationship between therapist and patient is the primary vessel for the work, then the less likely that such a relationship would be benign, for the therapy. The code of ethics for psychologists states: American Psychological Association: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct  "A multiple relationship occurs when a psychologist is in a professional role with a person and (1) at the same time is in anot... Jung At Heart blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348481 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:39:13 +0100 2348481