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 ever crush on patients?

There are plenty of decent male doctors, says Dehn, but she adds that sometimes things happen. Unfortunately, some male doctors, therapists and even dentists cross the line with their female patients, she says. Its normal to develop an innocent crush on your doctor, says Dehn.