Boundary Crossing

A departure from customary professional behaviour in a clinician–patient relationship that is contextually intended to benefit the patient or relationship (for example, sharing a culturally meaningful personal detail or accepting a small gift) but that deviates from standard role boundaries and therefore requires deliberate reflection, professional judgment, documentation and, when appropriate, su

An action or sequence of actions in which an actor (individual, group, or organization) moves across an established social, cultural, or institutional boundary in a way that alters access, role expectations, or the practical meaning of the boundary.