19 things medical dramas tend to get wrong about the healthcare industry

15) Forming Romantic Relationships With Patients

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Medical dramas, sometimes show interactions between doctors and their patients bloom into romantic plotlines. In reality, such relationships are considered highly unethical and are normally prohibited. In Grey's Anatomy, Katherine Heigl's Dr. Izzie Stevens has a romantic relationship with a patient Denny Duquette, played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who is waiting for a heart transplant. The love affair evolves into a major story arc with ethical dilemmas and conflicts with hospital policy. In the real world of health care, such relationships are deemed unethical and absolutely prohibited.

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