Maintaining patient confidentiality – There’s no secret about it
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December - 2024, Posted On: 01 December 2024
This case poses an important question. How aware are doctors about legal aspects of maintaining patient’s confidentiality? Are they not supposed to furnish patient’s details even to the spouse?
A lady was consulting the doctor for some medical treatment. The doctor issued a certificate that the she was suffering from depression and psychotic disorder to her husband. As it turned out, the couple were in a marital disharmony, seeking divorce.