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. 1982 Mar;8(1):18-21.
doi: 10.1136/jme.8.1.18.

Changing practice on confidentiality: a cause for concern. Commentary 1: Confidentiality: the dangers of anything weaker than the medical ethic

J M Jacob

Changing practice on confidentiality: a cause for concern. Commentary 1: Confidentiality: the dangers of anything weaker than the medical ethic

J M Jacob. J Med Ethics. 1982 Mar.

Abstract

KIE: Articles by D.J. Kenny and Derek F.H. Pheby in the same issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics suggested that expanded legal rights are needed in Great Britain to safeguard medical confidentiality and to reinforce the "ethics of virtue" of the medical profession. The author of this commentary contends that a legal rights approach would subject medical practice to greater regulation and prove less powerful than the current peer review mechanism in protecting ethical standards of confidentiality.

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