Confidentiality Basis of the fiduciary physician-patient relationship Basis of the fiduciary physician-patient relationship Patient autonomy should be respected (patient has the right to control his/her information) Patient autonomy should be respected (patient has the right to control his/her information) Personal information will be protected from unauthorized access by others Personal information will be protected from unauthorized access by others Physicians have some obligation to ensure that patient records remain private and confidential Physicians have some obligation to ensure that patient records remain private and confidential Subsidiary to the obligation to not to harm others Subsidiary to the obligation to not to harm others No physician-patient privilige No physician-patient privilige Confidentiality may be ethically breached in certain circumstances (when public interest overrides the patient rights such as child abuse or neglect, fitness to drive a vehicle, communicable diseases, improper conduct of other physicians or health professionals, vital statistics, reporting to coroners) Confidentiality may be ethically breached in certain circumstances (when public interest overrides the patient rights such as child abuse or neglect, fitness to drive a vehicle, communicable diseases, improper conduct of other physicians or health professionals, vital statistics, reporting to coroners)
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