Reconciling the patient's right to confidentiality and the family's need to know. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry, 1996, 30:614-623.Furlong, M., & Leggatt, M. (1996). Reconciling the patient's right to confidentiality and the family's need to know. Australian and New Zealand Journal ...
Open and honest communication is an integral part of the doctor-patient relationship. The AMA's Code of Medical Ethics clearly states that it is a fundamental ethical requirement that a physician should at all times deal honestly and openly with patients. Patients have a right to know their pas...
Patient confidentiality can be a fundamental human right, an ethical duty or, a legal duty. The Saudi laws have evolved around its Shari'ah-based legal culture, its history and the international human right laws (IHRLs). These elements have moulded the Saudi Arabia's unique perspective on ...
The thesis findings are; (1) more education about the law concerning medical confidentiality should be provided to the public, (2) the court should interpret the law to give effect the Constitutional right to privacy, (3) S.231 Criminal Code should be revised to include the clause: "The ...
This paper sets out to discuss the legal complexities that arise when a clinician is faced with an HIV-positive patient who reveals an intention to engage in sexual activity with an unknowing partner. The landmark Tarasoff case and notion of a clinician's duty to protect are reviewed. Actual...
They put up a barrier of patient confidentiality and would only discuss the matter with the patient even though I explained the nature of my wife's health. Still waiting; You Say EMA maintains that EudraCT is not a public database and the European Directive that created it states that it ...
The defendants contended that prescription and other patient records that they are required by law to maintain are the property of the pharmacy. They argued that patients have no right to reclaim those records when a pharmacy ceases doing business. ...
Consumer Privacy in the Smart Era "We will not be issuing further state ments and would ask that Pauline's privacy and right to medical confidentiality be respected." Last month, Ms Cafferkey was cleared of misconduct over her return to the UK with the virus. Negative test for nurse followin...
When Parents Want to Know: Responding to Parental Demands for Confidential Minors' Confidentiality Rights and the Law Minors ' Confidentiality Rights and E... CW Mitchell,JG Disque,P Robertson 被引量: 21发表: 2002年 The right of minors to confidentiality and informed consent. Doctor-patient ...
In the practice of medicine there has long been a conflict between patient management and respect for patient autonomy. In recent years this conflict has taken on a new form as patient management has increasingly been shifted from physicians to insurers, employers, and health care bureaucracies. T...