What constitutes sexual intimacy between a doctor and his patient?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Hirt v. College of Physicians & Surgeons of B.C., 1986 CanLII 746 (BC CA):
The authorities show that sexual intimacy between a doctor and his patient is a serious breach of a duty owed by the doctor to the patient. An example is given in De Gregory v. Gen. Med. Council, [1961] A.C. 957, [1961] 3 W.L.R. 645 (P.C.).
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