physician-patient privilege
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physician-patient privilege - the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient

privilege - (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

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privilege			Even the Bioethics Committee of the Physician's Union in the Medical School--in other words, all of the country's top medical professionals--issued a statement explaining that doctor-patient privilege is a duty and that all doctors owe this confidentiality to their patients. Doctor-patient confidentiality is an indispensable aspect of ... by Gomez, Adriana / Women's Health Journal Within the confines of doctor-patient privilege, I can say President Castro is not suffering from a malignant condition. In their own words .. by CubaNews The court found that the woman's therapists may have negligently implanted the abuse memories as part of her "therapy" and that, on public policy grounds, her parents' right to clear their names trumped the doctor-patient privilege. In 'repressed memory' case, Wisconsin court sets privilege aside by Sileo, Carmel / Trial			Doctor of Dental Medicine Doctor of Dental Surgery Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Education Doctor of Fine Arts Doctor of Humane Letters Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Music Doctor of Musical Arts Doctor of Optometry Doctor of Osteopathy Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Public Health Doctor of Sacred Theology Doctor of Science Doctor of the Church Doctor of Theology doctor up doctor's bill Doctor's Commons doctor's degree Doctor's stuff doctor-fish Doctor-patient privilege doctor-patient relation doctor’s office doctor’s surgery doctoral doctoral thesis Doctorally doctorate Doctoress doctorfish doctorial doctoring Doctorly Doctorow Doctors Doctors' Commons Doctorship doctorspeak Doctress Doctrinable doctrinaire doctrinal doctrinal template Doctrinally Doctrinarian doctrinarianism			Doctor Williams's Library Doctor Wily Number Doctor X Doctor zhivago Doctor Zorro doctor's bill Doctor's Commons doctor's degree doctor's degree Doctor's Dental Services, Inc. Doctor's Educational Need Doctor's First Report Doctor's Orders Doctor's Plot Doctor's stuff Doctor's Walk-In Clinic Doctor, Morbid Fear of Going to the Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide Doctor-assisted suicide doctor-fish doctor-nurse game Doctor-patient confidentiality Doctor-patient confidentiality doctor-patient interaction Doctor-Patient Partnership Doctor-patient privilege doctor-patient relation Doctor-patient relationship Doctor-patient relationship doctor’s office doctor’s surgery Doctor’s Wife Syndrome Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales doctoral doctoral doctoral doctoral doctoral Doctoral Addictions Counselor Doctoral Consortium on Enterprise Information Systems Doctoral degree Doctoral degree Doctoral dissertation Doctoral dissertation Doctoral dissertation Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Projects Doctoral Dissertation Grant Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Doctoral Level Behaviorology Certificate Doctoral Nursing Student Association Doctoral Nursing Student Organization Doctoral Program Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology

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physician-patient privilege (redirected from Doctor-patient privilege)

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