Sex, lies and training programs: The ethics of consensual sexual relationships between psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-391

  Ryan, Christopher James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Internship and residency; Interprofessional relations; Psychiatry education; Sex behaviour; Teaching standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAINING;

EID: 0031780028     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679809065531     Document Type: Article

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