According to a variety of health care websites, it is important to talk to your doctor about any unhealthy issues with your body, even if they have to do with intimate situations like sex. Yet disclosing too much information may allow some doctors or nurses to let their minds go to places they shouldn't, and may create serious complications for you in the future. In 2009, one medical malpractice law firm wrote about a case of sexual misconduct that resulted when a woman disclosed too much information to a doctor that she couldn't trust. She was constantly visiting her physician for help with intimate medical issues, and revealed her innermost thoughts, feelings, and actions to this man. By giving him so much information, their encounters became highly charged.

Eventually, the doctor offered to give this patient all sorts of drugs for free if she would visit him at his home. The woman from South Carolina would travel to North Carolina for therapy and counseling sessions with the physician. According to her testimony, the sessions lasted 15 to 45 minutes, and much of the time the doctor would talk about intimate topics that weren't related to her condition. Eventually, he offered to trade drugs for sexual services from her. He gave her bottles of Valium, Xanax, and alcohol in exchange. He also issued other drugs like Ritalin. In order to keep his malpractice a secret, the doctor requested that this patient get the prescriptions filled in South Carolina and then bring the pills back up to North Carolina to split with him.

Eventually, a police force in North Carolina caught ear of the issue and decided to investigate. They were not aware of the doctor-patient affair, but had heard that this man was involved in a drug diversion. When he was investigated, he admitted to "snuggling" with his female mistress, and addressed some of the wounds that she had incurred after nights there. He explained that her cut lip was part of a kitchen accident and that the bruises she had incurred were unrelated to visits at his home. He eventually surrendered his medical license after the police discovered his medical malpractice, and determined that he had committed more offenses than merely cuddling with this woman.

The patient is now suing this man for medical malpractice charges. She also listed two North Carolina hospitals and the Carolina Forensic Psychiatry in her lawsuit. She is seeking compensation for medical malpractice, negligence, infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duty, battery, and assault. She hopes to gain compensation from the hospitals because she believes were negligent in their hiring and retention procedures. Admittedly, many doctors deal with and discuss a patient's sexual issues daily. A good doctor can disengage from these conversations and regard them as purely medical. Some health boards encourage men and women to be more open about their issues in this intimate part of life, in order to give their doctors more information for better medical assessments.

Oftentimes patients are reluctant to talk about their personal life with doctors, and the medical staff may be too timid to ask. You may feel safer if you are discussing these personal subjects with a physician that is of a different age than you, or one of the same gender. Yet make sure to ascertain your situation carefully before disclosing information. Medical News Today cites that the most common reported violations of professionalism among doctors are sexual. This is especially true on online medical boards, where doctors will answer questions for their patients on instant messaging forums. Only 50 percent of these medical advisory boards online will revoke licenses or suspend workers for breaching their professionalism on one of these medical boards. If you have a medical malpractice case, contact a medical malpractice attorney today. You will want to make sure that your doctor is not allowed to continue sexual misconduct on other patients in the future, and that he or she is punished.