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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Sharing patient information between professionals: confidentiality and ethics |
Author: | Braunack-Mayer, A. Mulligan, E. |
Citation: | Medical Journal of Australia, 2003; 178(6):277-279 |
Publisher: | Australasian Med Publ Co Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
ISSN: | 0025-729X 1326-5377 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Ea C Mulligan |
Abstract: | Careful consideration of the ethical implications is required before patient information should be shared without the patient's knowledge. Routine and apparently uncontroversial releases of information can be perceived as problematic by patients. The ethics of such "ordinary" breaches of confidence can be explored by considering the patient's autonomy, the patient's best interests, and the public interest in preserving or breaching confidentiality. Patient autonomy can be supported and ethical problems may be avoided when patients are given as much information as possible about foreseeable information disclosures. |
Keywords: | Humans Physician-Patient Relations Confidentiality Informed Consent Ethics, Medical Quality of Health Care Female Male |
Description: | The document attached has been archived with permission from the editor of the Medical Journal of Australia. An external link to the publisher’s copy is included. |
DOI: | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05195.x |
Published version: | http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_06_170303/bra10520_fm.html |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Public Health publications |
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