Difference between revisions of "Physician-Patient Privilege"
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#All information concerning a user, including information relating to his or her health status, treatment or stay in a health establishment, is confidential. | #All information concerning a user, including information relating to his or her health status, treatment or stay in a health establishment, is confidential. | ||
#Subject to section 15, no person may disclose any information contemplated in subsection (1) unless: | #Subject to section 15, no person may disclose any information contemplated in subsection (1) unless: | ||
− | a. The user consents to that disclosure in writing; | + | a. The user consents to that disclosure in writing; |
− | b. A court order or any other law requires that disclosure; or | + | b. A court order or any other law requires that disclosure; or |
− | c. Non-disclosure of the information represents a serious threat to public heath. <ref>Ethics roundtable debate: Is a physician-patient confidentiality relationship subservient to a greater good? Arthur Morgan, Critical Care 25 April 2005.</ref> | + | c. Non-disclosure of the information represents a serious threat to public heath. <ref>Ethics roundtable debate: Is a physician-patient confidentiality relationship subservient to a greater good? Arthur Morgan, Critical Care 25 April 2005.</ref> |
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