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Author Maehle, Andreas-Holger, 1957- author.

Title Contesting medical confidentiality : origins of the debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany / Andreas-Holger Maehle.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Medical privilege in court: protecting patient confidence or obstructing the course to justice? -- Venereal diseases: the issue of private versus public interest -- Abortion: reporting a crime or preserving confidentiality? -- General conclusions.
Summary Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, the confidentiality of patient information is rapidly becoming a concern at the forefront of worldwide ethical and political debate. In Contesting Medical Confidentiality, Andreas-Holger Maehle travels back to the origins of this increasingly relevant issue. He offers the first comparative analysis of professional and public debates on medical confidentiality in the United States, Britain, and Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when traditional medical secrecy first came under pressure from demands of disclosure in the name of public health. Maehle structures his study around three representative questions of the time that remain salient today: Do physicians have a privilege to refuse court orders to reveal confidential patient details? Is there a medical duty to report illegal procedures to the authorities? Should doctors breach confidentiality in order to prevent the spread of disease? Considering these debates through a unique historical perspective, Contesting Medical Confidentiality illuminates the ethical issues and potentially grave consequences that continue to stir up public debate.
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Subject Confidential communications -- Physicians -- History -- 19th century.
Confidential communications -- Physicians.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Confidential communications -- Physicians -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Confidential communications -- Physicians -- United States -- History.
United States.
Confidential communications -- Physicians -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain.
Confidential communications -- Physicians -- Germany -- History.
Germany.
Physicians -- Professional ethics.
Privacy, Right of -- History.
Privacy, Right of.
United States.
United Kingdom.
Germany.
Physicians -- Professional ethics.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Maehle, Andreas-Holger, 1957- Contesting medical confidentiality. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016 9780226404820 022640482X (DLC) 2016008497 (OCoLC)941714608
ISBN 9780226404967 (electronic book)
022640496X (electronic book)
9780226404820
022640482X