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;
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      a. The user consents to that disclosure in writing;
b. A court order or any other law requires that disclosure; or
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      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>
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      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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