Is there a fiduciary relationship between a doctor and a patient?

the other party. Such a relationship imposes a duty of utmost good faith." Hoopes v. Hammargren, 102 Nev. 425, 725 P.2d 238, 242 (1986) (holding that doctors have fiduciary relationship to patients). "The essence of a fiduciary or confidential relationship is that the parties do not deal on equal terms, since the person in whom trust and confidence is reposed and who accepts that trust and confidence is in a superior position to exert unique influence over the dependent party." Id. (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).