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Hi John, Marcia, and George,
I so appreciate all that you do for the journal to keep it going with interesting and provocative articles. I know this is a lot of work, so thank you. I don’t know whether you will be having a letter to the editor section but in case you do, this is my letter.
Having read the most recent journal PSC vol.19 #4, I was very disappointed that no one highlighted the damage that the paper by Geist et al. has had on some of his patients, the MIP community, and IAPSP all of which were obliged to hear about the intimate details of his relationship with his coauthor. As such, there is the possibility of harm to all these audiences.
I believe in the first principal of clinical practice which is “first do no harm”. Imagine how you would feel if you were not chosen to write a paper or to become his seemingly favored patient. Most analysands likely would not have dared to ask to write a paper as Meridith did, but I believe that most analysts would have thought about the harm to his or her other patients in the field, as well as how this would affect IAPSP and the MIP community. Meridith was in training and has a cohort and faculty to interact with.
Just as it never works to have a favored child either for the child or the family, it does not work for others to have a publicly favored patient.
I appreciate your willingness to accept comments.
Thanks,
Cynthia Sortwell M.D.*
Tufts School of Medicine