naa a22 4500 51077816X CHVBK 20180411083237.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11948-011-9283-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11948-011-9283-1 Crook M. Dept Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Lewisham, SE13 6LH, Lewisham, UK aut The Risks of Absolute Medical Confidentiality [Elektronische Daten] [M. Crook] Some ethicists argue that patient confidentiality is absolute and thus should never be broken. I examine these arguments that when critically scrutinised, become porous. I will explore the concept of patient confidentiality and argue that although, this is a very important medical and bioethical issue, this needs to be wisely delivered to reduce third party harm or even detriment to the patient. The argument for absolute confidentiality is particularly weak when it comes to genetic information and inherited disease. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Confidentiality nationallicence Medical ethics nationallicence Genetics nationallicence Information technology nationallicence Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/1(2013-03-01), 107-122 1353-3452 19:1<107 2013 19 11948 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9283-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-011-9283-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Crook M. Dept Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Lewisham, SE13 6LH, Lewisham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science and Engineering Ethics Springer Netherlands 19/1(2013-03-01), 107-122 1353-3452 19:1<107 2013 19 11948 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer