Should doctors accept gifts from patients?

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Steve - 25 Dec 2005 01:09 GMT

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7531/1527

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Steven Bornfeld - 25 Dec 2005 01:28 GMT

> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7531/1527

Obviously there should be no express or implied quid pro quo.
I've treated some families my whole career, occasionally 4 generations.
I love some of these people. They've given me gifts for my daughter,
I've been introduced to my wife through another.
I'm sure the dynamic is very different for a psychiatrist though.

Steve

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Howard McCollister - 25 Dec 2005 02:57 GMT

>> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/331/7531/1527

> Obviously there should be no express or implied quid pro quo.
> I've treated some families my whole career, occasionally 4 generations. I
> love some of these people. They've given me gifts for my daughter, I've
> been introduced to my wife through another.
> I'm sure the dynamic is very different for a psychiatrist though.

Yeh, gifts and cards from patients. Pretty common.

HMc

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