What Medical Privacy?
A PA man told his doctor that he drank more than six beers per day. His doctor reported him to the state, which revoked his license. Matthew has the scoop.
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July 15th, 2004 at 11:34 am
Isn’t your doctor supposed to keep things private? I thought there was a doctor/patient confidentiality thing in this country?
July 15th, 2004 at 11:44 am
As with so many other things, a government-mandated doctor-patient confidentiality law always includes an exception for government purposes. At the moment, in fact, the federal law that was passed on the promise of “protecting medical privacy” actually allows the government to share your medical file with pretty much anyone who’s interested: researchers, drug companies, government beaurocrats, insurance companies… and that’s not even getting into the mandatory disclosure laws, where the docutor or psychiatrist *must* report certain things or be charged with a crime himself.
Discretion, apparantly, is for a free people.