New York medical malpractice lawyer David Perecman discusses sexual relationships between patients and their doctors, and deserved repercussions, following a ruling from the NY State Court of Appeals. The court said it was medical malpractice for a family doctor to have an affair with his patent, who he was treating for depression and anxiety. The doctor was ordered to pay the patient almost $400,000 in damages.
New York, New York (PRWEB) December 25, 2012
The NY State Court of Appeals ruled it was medical malpractice for a Long Island family doctor to have an affair with a patient after she went to him with anxiety and depression. The court said that the sexual relationship interfered with the treatment so as to constitute medical malpractice, reportedThe Wall Street Journal. The medical community has long considered that a doctor’s affair with a patient amounts to an ethical violation. Such behavior has typically not been classified as malpractice until now, said New York medical malpractice lawyer David Perecman.New York, New York (PRWEB) December 25, 2012
The married model at the center of the lawsuit said her nine-month affair with the doctor 'destroyed her life', reported The Wall Street Journal. After Kristin Kahkonen Dupree told her husband about the affair, he had filed for divorce.
The doctor, James Giugliano, was ordered to pay Dupree almost $400,000 in damages, reported the WSJ.
The court had considered the argument that Dupree’s romantic feelings resulted from "eroticized transference," from the patient shifting emotions toward Giugliano, her therapist, said the WSJ. Giugliano's lawyer had countered that the affair was consensual and unrelated to treatment.
“Sexual relations between patients and doctors who are actively treating them are not previously unheard of ethical dilemmas. What has changed is the possible repercussions of such behavior,” said Perecman.
“Whether the affair was consensual or not, there should be consequences for the doctor. It is entirely wrong for a medical professional to be sexually involved with one of his or her current patients,” he added.
The case is Kristin Kahkonen Dupree v. James E. Giugliano, No. 204 (N.Y. 2012) - New York Court of Appeals.
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