Of gossips, eavesdroppers, and peeping toms

British accounts of medical ethics concentrate on confidentiality to the exclusion of wider questions of privacy. This paper argues for consideration of privacy within medical ethics, and illustrates through the television series `Hospital', what may go awry when this wider concept is forgotten...

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Main Author: Francis, W. S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 1982
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1982, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 134-143
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Summary:British accounts of medical ethics concentrate on confidentiality to the exclusion of wider questions of privacy. This paper argues for consideration of privacy within medical ethics, and illustrates through the television series `Hospital', what may go awry when this wider concept is forgotten.
ISSN:1473-4257
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.8.3.134