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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (75032)	9/18/2003 4:55:56 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Injuries include sexual dysfunction, anxiety disorders, psychiatric hospitalizations, increased risk of suicide, depression, dissociative behavior... Yes, I know. The question is not one of the potential for harm from sexual misconduct but the definition of sexual misconduct. You don't get suicidal because you found some hunk rubbing your back pleasurable in a not totally clinical way. You get suicidal because your therapist raped you. Your guy needs to justify his standard that the former is harmful if he expects to defend himself. Here are some more snippets from the AMTA site that speak to the basis of the ethical standard. <<A Fiduciary Failure Sexual misconduct, is, to say the least, a very complex problem. It encompasses issues of sex, gender, power and communication, as well as, in some cases, a real pathology on the part of the health-care professional. Sexual misconduct occurs when the fiduciary aspect of the health-care relationship is compromised. Fiduciary is a legal term that is applied to a professional in whom a client places his or her trust. Because such professionals are in positions of power relative to their clients, the law holds them to a higher standard of behavior. They are required to place the interests of their clients above and before their own. A comprehensive, even exhaustive, exploration of this and related topics is presented in the book, Sexual Abuse By Professionals: A Legal Guide.2 All health-care professionals have a fiduciary relationship with their clients. In other words, the professional is in a position of power, while the client is in a position of weakness and vulnerability. Although the client may not be directly aware of the power imbalance, the professional is nonetheless obligated to understand and control its limits.>> <<Sexual Misconduct. This involves the behavior of a doctor or other health-care professional toward a patient or client. An understanding of this issue is vital to all health-care professionals. The boundary violations that constitute sexual misconduct do not necessarily involve sexual intercourse between the practitioner and the client. Inappropriate talk or touching, or unnecessary examinations or treatments, also can qualify.>> <<Prevention Strategies The strategies for preventing...sexual harassment... include getting training to facilitate an understanding of the power of roles; gaining an understanding of the impact of ones own sexuality and the sexuality of those with whom one interacts professionally; learning appropriate ways of behaving around and of communicating with people of the same gender and of opposite genders; learning what behaviors are considered unacceptable; learning about situations that may lead up to such transgressions; learning about the effects of abuse and harassment; and understanding the potential legal and financial consequences of unacceptable behavior.>>