Question: 'Patient confidentiality is adequately protected by medical law.' Discuss.
Answer: Patient confidentiality is a fundamental tenet of professional medical ethics . It is an expression of patient privacy and is central to the promotion of confidence in the doctor-patient relationship. It is widely established that a policy of absolute patient confidentiality would make it impossible to promote effective patient care. As a result, this topic receives huge attention, with ever-more convoluted opinions as to what competing considerations would be sufficient to justify the disclosure of confidential information, and how the law should \'carry out this balancing operation\'. While scholars such as Jessica Berg argue that the law currently offers adequate protection to patient confidentiality, another school of thought, led by Sandland and Post, contend that the law sur......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 70% | Course: Medical Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 1995 | References: Yes | Date written: March, 2011 | Date submitted: May 02, 2013 | Coursework ID: 787
