Dilemmas in dual duty of medical confidentiality

• Main Author: Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English; English; English; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: K Law (General); RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/1/paris%20certificate.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/2/Program%20List.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/3/Abract%20for%20Paris%20conference.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/4/e-poster%20for%20International%20Bioethics%20Retreat.jpg; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/5/Power%20point%20Presentation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/7/Screenshot%20%2816%29.png; http://irep.iium.edu.my/89830/; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC9R1_SMqh0&list=LL&index=1

Since confidentiality is an essential principle in medical practice and considering its near-absolute nature, disclosure can only be considered as a final choice, which is to be exercised only after other alternatives are exhausted. In light of the principle of ‘non-maleficence’, the duty of medical...