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Date of Publication: April 01, 1998
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Research Articles
Disclosure of confidential medical information
Abstract:
Disclosure of information gained by a doctor during examination and interrogation of the patient or after laboratory tests is a tricky matter. Giving information to a patient is not normally a problem; giving information to relatives, or an unrelated third party is almost always problematic.
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