European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes saturday november 24, 1973 dear Onn Landers dear Ann Landers since you Are such a big mouthpiece for the medical profession How would you like to comment on the find Ings of a research team from Urcla medical school they did a Survey of 460 physicians and Learned that seven per cent of the doctors engaged in sexual inter course with their patients. The physicians who filled out the questionnaires anonymously of course were not Only gynaecologists but internists general practitioners and psychiatrists. A separate study indicated that of the freshman medical students polled about 25 per cent Felt that sexual Intercourse with a patient might be appropriate under the right i la bet you won t be Reading anything about this in any of the medical journals. How about it Anna Belle i m a lawyer dear lawyer Don t bet the rent. You d be homeless. The re sults of that Survey appeared in the october Issue of the Ameri can medical news which enjoys a weekly circulation of 382,000. Do i wish to comment yes i do. Doctors Are not saints. When you consider what goes on with males in every walk of life be they to repairmen plumbers firemen policemen truck Drivers travelling salesmen actors insurance adjusters professors corporate executives and yes even lawyers that seven per cent figure for Hanood Lin with patients in t so Start Ling. I seriously doubt that the figure is any lower in any of the aforementioned Fields. As for 25 per cent of the medi Cal students stating they believe sexual Intercourse with patients might be appropriate under the right circumstances that does Surprise me. Not one of the doctors with whom i Dis cussed the Survey could envision under what circumstances it would be \ or. Michael de Bakey famous heart surgeon and president of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston said such behaviour would be extremely damaging to the physician patient relation ship. Dear Ann Landers recently you printed a letter from not dead yet complaining about her husband s loss of sexual Abil Ity due to medication for High blood pressure. You suggested that a doctor might recommend a change in medication. My husband has the same problem Only he is taking medi Cine for epilepsy. Is there a Chance that a change in medi cation might help him also i mentioned the problem of my husband s impotence to his physician and he said you have to expect this sort of thing when a Man is taking a drug to prevent epileptic seizures.". Can you shed a Little Light on this subject need help dear n. H. I wish people would Bear in mind that 50 per cent of All the physicians now practising Medicine graduated in the Bottom half of their class. 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