Editing Abuse (section)

===Professional abuse===
{{Main|Professional abuse}}
{{See also|Malpractice|Professional ethics|Professional negligence in English Law|Professional responsibility}}
Professional abusers:<ref name="auto57">{{cite web|url=http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Professional+abuse?opendocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211131652/http://surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Professional%2Babuse?opendocument |archive-date=11 February 2009 |title=Professional abuse |publisher=Surreycc.gov.uk |access-date=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* take advantage of their client or patient's trust
* exploit their [[vulnerability]]
* do not act in their best interests
* fail to keep [[professional boundaries]]

Abuse may be:
* [[discriminatory]]
* [[#Financial abuse|financial]]
* [[physical abuse|physical]]/[[neglect]]ful
* [[psychological abuse|psychological/emotional]]
* [[sexual abuse|sexual]]

Professional abuse always involves:
* [[Abuse of trust|betrayal of trust]]
* [[wikt:exploitation|exploitation]] of vulnerability
* violation of professional boundaries

'''Further reading'''
* Dorpat, Theodore L (1996). ''Gaslighting, the Double Whammy, Interrogation and Other Methods of Covert Control in Psychotherapy and Analysis. ''Jason Aronson, Incorporated.
* Penfold, P. Susan (1998). ''Sexual Abuse by Health Professionals: A Personal Search for Meaning and Healing.'' University of Toronto Press.