Dear Queenie,
My boyfriend has finished medical school and is working in a women’s health service as part of his residency. What worries me is the way he talks about some of the patients he takes care of and their medical problems and sometimes makes jokes about them.
I told him I think this is very bad taste, but isn’t it also against medical ethics? Could he get in trouble for it?
Queenie, should I do something about it?—Worried girlfriend
Dear Girlfriend,
Yes, this is against medical ethics and if your boyfriend’s supervisors find out about it, it could mean the end of his medical career.
Have you talked to your boyfriend about this and told him how you feel about it and how damaging it could be for him? If not, do so at once.
Even if you do not talk to him, you probably are not the only one to whom he talks this way and it is very likely that word will get back to his supervisors sooner or later and they will take appropriate action.
