Confidentiality and the law

Codes of medical ethics issued by professional organizations typically contain statements affirming the importance of confidentiality between patients and health-care practitioners. Seldom, however, is the confidentiality obligation depicted as absolute. Instead, exceptions are noted, the most commo...

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Главный автор: McConnell, T. (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: BMJ Publ. 1994
В: Journal of medical ethics
Год: 1994, Том: 20, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 47-49
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Итог:Codes of medical ethics issued by professional organizations typically contain statements affirming the importance of confidentiality between patients and health-care practitioners. Seldom, however, is the confidentiality obligation depicted as absolute. Instead, exceptions are noted, the most common of which is that health-care professionals are justified in breaching the confidence of a patient if required by law to do so. Reasons that might be given to support this exception are critically discussed in this paper. The conclusion argued for is that this is not a legitimate exception to the confidentiality rule.
ISSN:1473-4257
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.20.1.47