A physician must terminate the patient-physician relationship before initiating a dating, romantic, or sexual relationship with a patient. Likewise, sexual or romantic relationships between a physician and a former patient may be unduly influenced by the previous physician-patient relationship.

Do doctors get upset when a patient dies?

In the end, many doctors reported moderate emotional impact from a patients death. Thirty-one percent said they were strongly affected, and 55% said they were only disturbed a little.