Some of us in the medical community from urban areas, whether small or large, tend to accumulate a lot of patients if we've been in medical practice for many years. In a smaller area, those patients tend to have interactions with us publicly and privately—that is, as patients and socially. Sometimes we have friends who become our patients, and sometimes we have patients who become our friends. In that scenario, could you comment on how one should approach the test of friendship and the definition of friendship? What guidelines should be followed?
On January 10th, 2018. See this statement in context.