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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780098503321

Autore

McHale Jean V (Jean Vanessa), <1965, >

Titolo

Medical confidentiality and legal privilege / / Jean V. McHale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-94678-3

1-134-94679-1

1-280-32219-5

0-203-40805-5

0-203-32315-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Social ethics and policy series

Disciplina

344.41/0412

344.104412

Soggetti

Confidential communications - Physicians - Great Britain

Medical records - Law and legislation - Great Britain

AIDS (Disease) - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Table of cases; SHOULD THE DOCTOR TELL?; COMPARISONS AND INCONSISTENCIES; CONFIDENTIALITY: A PRINCIPLE TO BE PROTECTED?; CONFIDENTIALITY: RHETORIC OR REALITY?; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN PRIVILEGE ENACTMENT; MEDICAL PRIVILEGE, COSTS AND APPLICATION; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

McHale asks why a doctor can be forced to disclose a patients' confidences in court when other professional confidences are protected. She goes on to look at whether doctors keep patients' confidences and the need for statutory reform.