Your Patient Is Not Your Friend

Pelvic PT Rising · Sep 19, 2022 · 21m

Keeping our professional boundaries can be a real challenge in our profession. We spend a lot of time with our patients. They are often really cool people. And we're discussing intimate topics about their lives they may only talk about with really close friends.

And we should certainly still have fun. Laugh. Make a connection with our patients.

But when they cross over into the 'friend zone' we often struggle to provide the same level of care. It's a challenge for all of us, but we have to recognize when we're acting more like a friend than a clinician.

We can shy away from challenging…