Alberta doctors face new rules on problematic personal relationships

Alberta doctors will soon be subject to a new professional rule that calls on them to minimize financial, legal and other close personal relationships with patients that could compromise the care they provide.
The council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta approved the new standard on so-called “boundary violations” at its most recent spring meeting.
While doctors were already banned from sexual interactions with patients, the new regulation broadens the scope to wa