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Patient Confidentiality: Is it Trending from Absolute to Partial?
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Abstract: (2790 Views) |
Background: Patient confidentiality has long been one of the pillars of an effective doctor-patient relationship since ancient times. It has been accepted as a basic and scientific principle from various schools of thought and is based on trust; many great Islamic scholars have supported and stressed the importance of it. We sought to see if medical confidentiality is being undermined pursuing a trend decreasing from absolute to partial confidentiality.
Methods: In this study several ancient medieval medical texts of famous scholars were studied and international rules and regulations were sought to see if there is a trend of patient confidentiality breach.
Results: Patient confidentiality is considered to be absolute especially with regard to medical ethics and it is and has been one of the pillars of a trustworthy doctor-patient relationship since ancient times. But we found it to be a changing trend.
Conclusion: Medical confidentiality is trending from absolute to partial which may constitute a breach of medical ethics.
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| Keywords: Doctor-patient relationship, patient confidentiality |
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Type of Study: Review Article |
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Received: 2019/03/14 | Accepted: 2019/03/14 | Published: 2019/03/14
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