Maintaining professional boundaries

Just what it says on the tin, how do you do this, how do you not allow yourselves to get too caught up in a patient's life situation, for example. I assume lots of training helps, but is there anything specific in training, or in how you approach things with patients (a mantra to remind yourself not to overstep the mark, perhaps?) Our move to Melbourne is now pretty much locked and loaded. There are a few places over there, which I've heard on the grapevine may be interested in taking on... Maintaining professional boundaries
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