A GP's duty of confidentiality
Bird, S.
Australian Family Physician 34(10): 881
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 16217578 Document Number: 588274
Confidentiality is an accepted and fundamental basis of the doctor-patient relationship. Patients have a right to expect that information held about them will be held in confidence by their general practitioner. This article examines the concept of doctor-patient confidentiality and outlines the exceptions to the duty of confidentiality.