Question

If both adults are of sound mind and legal age, why can the healthcare provider not have an intimate relationship with their patient/client? Or can they? Defend your position.

Answer 1

Answer: Healthcare professionals plays major roles in the patient's life, they not only confined to take care of the patients but also they improve the health of patients. The intimate relationship between physician or the healthcare professionals and their patients is considered to be unethical.

This is because the healthcare professionals have responsibilities to provide better quality of care to the patients and such act where there might be some other kind of feeling or intimate relationship may result into inappropriate results. This kind of feelings may destroy the patient's vulnerability as well as the ability of the healthcare professionals to provide better treatment or do their duty.