Medicolegal: Patient Confidentiality« Back to Questions List
Case of the NUH Psychiatrist
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In the recent case, ($50K fine) the issues surrounding Patient Confidentiality is not about ”who the guity or wrongdoer” is. The concept of Patient Confidentiality is about the ownership of information & patient autonomy. |
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Issues of Patient Confidentiality, consent, patient autonomy are some of the changes that medical practitioners have to grapple with from the long held sacred cow of paternalism. Paternalism being ingrained is hard to slay for there is often a need for a drastic mindset change in order to give up what is essentially held in the highest esteem. |