The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy

The integrity of the doctor-patient relationship is based on safeguarding patient’s confidential information. Medical ethics stress the importance of confidentiality based on the assumption of an individual's right to privacy and on the assumption that the consequences of breaching this right t...

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Main Author: Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/2/Invitation_letter_Prof_Nemie.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/5/Law_on_Medical_Confidentiality_and_Right_of_Privacy.pdf
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spelling iium-276152012-12-19T05:02:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/ The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie K Law (General) The integrity of the doctor-patient relationship is based on safeguarding patient’s confidential information. Medical ethics stress the importance of confidentiality based on the assumption of an individual's right to privacy and on the assumption that the consequences of breaching this right to privacy normally outweigh possible benefits. However, the duty of confidentiality is by no means an absolute concept. The patient’s interest in his privacy must be balanced with other potentially conflicting interests. In providing care, medical professionals often find themselves trapped between conflicting duties and obligations. 2012-12-08 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/2/Invitation_letter_Prof_Nemie.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/5/Law_on_Medical_Confidentiality_and_Right_of_Privacy.pdf Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie (2012) The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy. In: Social Network Ethics: Medical Privacy and Confidentiality, 8 Dec 2012, Kuantan, Pahang. (Unpublished)
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The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
description The integrity of the doctor-patient relationship is based on safeguarding patient’s confidential information. Medical ethics stress the importance of confidentiality based on the assumption of an individual's right to privacy and on the assumption that the consequences of breaching this right to privacy normally outweigh possible benefits. However, the duty of confidentiality is by no means an absolute concept. The patient’s interest in his privacy must be balanced with other potentially conflicting interests. In providing care, medical professionals often find themselves trapped between conflicting duties and obligations.
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author Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie
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title The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
title_short The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
title_full The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
title_fullStr The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
title_full_unstemmed The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy
title_sort law relating to medical confidentiality and patient's right of privacy
publishDate 2012
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/2/Invitation_letter_Prof_Nemie.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/27615/5/Law_on_Medical_Confidentiality_and_Right_of_Privacy.pdf
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