MA: Dr. has sexual relationship with patient: court affirms revocation of Dr.'s license.(Medical Law Cases of Note)

From: Medical Law's Regan Report | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

CASE FACTS: Dr. Robert Weinberg, a staff physician at Boston Evening Medical Center from February 1989 until February 1997, had been licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts since September of 1988. In July 1989, a female patient went to the Center. Dr. Weinberg was randomly assigned to be the patient's primary care physician. Over the course of 61 appointments with Dr. Weinberg between July 12, 1989, and June 30, 1992, the patient disclosed a history of childhood sexual abuse. In July 1992, Dr. Weinberg committed the patient to a psychiatric hospital, where she remained ...

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