what is the ways in which a doctor can abuse his power in a doctor-patient relationship?

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examples in which a patient can feel inferior to a doctor.

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Release any private information about a patient. Like sexually transmitted diseases that they've had, or a psychologist can reveal secrets that the patient has told him/her. These are all protected through doctor-patient confidentiality though. If they reveal information you can sue.

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One way is to minimize or trivialize the patient's feelings. For example, if the patient says he or she is in pain, an insensitive doctor might say, "Oh, come on. It's not THAT bad."

abuse of power for a doctor is a sexual affair with a patient or treating a member of his family, or in the case of Harold Shipman in the UK he was injecting old ladies (203+) with lethal injections, basically playing God

Unfortunately Doctors can be condesending tw*ts they think they are superior because they went to University

Intimidating a patient into accepting tests or treatments they won't agree to otherwise is an abuse of power. Lying about treatment or tests is a similar abuse.

I once had a doctor at a free clinic that served my college who was very demeaning to patients and frequently misdiagnosed simply because he didn't care. He made it very clear that he didn't want to see patients. His name was Dr. Slater, but he earned the name Dr. Slaughter from the community because of his frequent misdiagnosis.

I don't like it when a doctor talks down to me. I'm 30 something with a degree and am intelligent, but I occasionally get a doctor who speaks to me as if I am two. I suppose this is more of a lack of respect than abuse, though.

Are you a doctor looking for ideas?

Most doctors start by booking 12 people for the same appointment time.After that it varies by doctor.Most doctors will then have their patients wait for a very long time in an overly-air conditioned room wearing nothing but a paper smock with nothing to read but the awards on the wall that were given to the doctor by some pharmaceutical company because he told a bunch of people how great their drug is and he prescribes it to all his patients.Upon entering the room the doctor can do any of the following:not inquire why you are there,not listen to you,disregard anything you say,or laugh at you.He will then give you a bunch of incredibly expensive tests you don't need because he is putting an addition on his summer house.Then he will prescribe you the medication that he got that award for cause they're having their next conference on a golf course in Hawaii and he wants to make sure he gets invited not to mention that sales rep is hot. Then when you go home and actually die from whatever disease you have, your children will have to pay his medical bill even though he misdiagnosed you cause you were so ill that is impossible to prove that his misdiagnosis killed you.

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