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  • Title: Sleeping with the past: the ethics of post-termination patient-therapist sexual contact.
    Author: Ryan CJ, Anderson J.
    Journal: Aust N Z J Psychiatry; 1996 Apr; 30(2):171-7; discussion 177-8. PubMed ID: 8811259.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper is to devise an ethical argument to support the contention that post-termination patient-therapist sexual contact (PTSC) is always unethical. METHOD: Arguments both defending and condemning post-termination PTSC are reviewed and their strengths and weaknesses explored. RESULTS: Analysis of these arguments reveals a strong case for the universal condemnation of post-termination PTSC. CONCLUSIONS: Ethical codes, including that of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, should be amended to explicitly prohibit post-termination PTSC.
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