STUDY: Most Doctors Decline 'Friend' Requests From Patients
Researchers surveyed 202 postgraduate trainee doctors at Rouen University Hospital in France and found that 85 percent said they would automatically decline friendship requests from patients, as reported in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Would you feel weird if you saw online pictures of your family practitioner doing keg stands in his off-hours?
Physicians are trying to prevent this from happening by denying friend requests from patients, according to a recent study.
Researchers surveyed 202 postgraduate trainee doctors at Rouen University Hospital in France and found that about three out of every four had a Facebook account (no surprises here).
Of those surveyed, 85 percent said they would automatically decline friendship requests from patients, as reported online in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
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