Confidentiality and Huntington's chorea
A doctor has duties towards his patients of both confidentiality and veracity and at times these may conflict, as in the following case. A mother who has the symptoms of Huntington's chorea does not wish her daughters to know. The doctor must try to make her realise how valuable the information...
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BMJ Publ.
1990
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1990, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 196-199 |
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