Question

Bioethics- Ridley asks "Ought a physician to reveal medical details to a patient's insurance company against the patient's wishes? Does it matter what sort of medical details are at issue?

Answer 1

Ans 1. Patient confidentiality is very important according to aspect of trust and moral values. The physician should keep the information of patient medical treatment confidential for the bond of trust.

The physician should not share the patient information without the patient wishes unless and untill specific conditions like law enforcement and administrative procedures or for bill claims

Although some counter allow the disclosure to third parties or agencies with the consent at the time of treatment.

Ans2. Yes it matter for example like In reaserch purpose patients name is usually not disclose but other information is used to predict the hypothesis of the research. Ans issue related to lethal disease should be important to explain the parent or important for public health.

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