Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Maryland

Psychology counselor helps former patient's spouse with divorce

After a patient receives some counseling from a psychologist, and then that counseling ends; is it legally ''ok'' for the

same doctor to enter into counseling with the spouse of the

former patient (at a later time) for what becomes the planning and discussion

for divorce, to include a family disapperance from the family home ? Is it ''ok'' for the doctor to refuse help to the original patient, due, to taking the position of the

spouse in such a controversial situation ? Are there questions of confidentiality involved and are they important enough to question ethics violations and the doctor's responses legally ?

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