Limits of professional secrecy: medical confidentiality in England and Germany in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
(2006)
Journal Article
Pranghofer, S., & Maehle, A. (2006). Limits of professional secrecy: medical confidentiality in England and Germany in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 31(3), 231-244. https://doi.org/10.1179/030801806x113766
Among patients as well as doctors it is commonly held that confidentiality has been the foundation of the therapeutic relationship since the introduction of the Hippocratic oath. Nevertheless, medical confidentiality is a controversial issue, for exa... Read More about Limits of professional secrecy: medical confidentiality in England and Germany in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.