I'm going to open an age old debate here, which is relevant to a recent and ongoing experience of mine.
How confidential should a medical exchange between a doctor and a patient who is under eighteen be?
There are laws in place that state that a doctor has the right to discuss things that a patient has said with a parent if he or she feels it is necessary.
In certain situations this could be seen as acceptable and justifiable, in others an invasion of a person's privacy.
Is there a line that should be drwan? An age boundary that should be changed? Or even a radical revamp of the whole system?
I'd be very interested to know what people think on it.
1 comment:
Well I think I know what you're getting at but surely people already have the freedom because speaking to a doctor isn't compulsory. What I was more angling at was whether it's right that a doctor can disclose certain aspects of the discussion to a guardian of an under 18 year old
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