Credit: Getty Images. Patients trust that what they tell their doctors will remain confidential, but under certain specific circumstances, the doctors may be obligated to breach that trust. Halfway ...

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Some twenty years ago, we published a two-part column examining the liability of healthcare providers for breach of physician-patient confidentiality. Since that time, there have been a number of ...

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Confidentiality facilitates honest communication by assuring patients that the details of their lives, shared with their health care providers, will remain private. Yet, mental health professionals in ...