Jones R V, Richards S J
J R Coll Gen Pract. 1978 Mar;28(188):137-40.
Protecting confidential information disclosed to doctors has been one of the most important ethical traditions of the medical profession. However, the patient's right to such confidentiality is threatened because it is legally unclear how far ownership by Government of the paper on which NHS records are kept or of the computer system in which they are stored confers right of access.We hope the medical profession will examine this problem urgently and offer some suggestions as to how patients' confidences can continue to be protected in the future.
保护向医生披露的机密信息一直是医学专业最重要的伦理传统之一。然而，患者对这种保密性的权利受到了威胁，因为在法律上尚不清楚，保存国民健康保险制度记录的纸张或存储这些记录的计算机系统的政府所有权在多大程度上赋予了访问权。我们希望医学专业人士能紧急审视这个问题，并就未来如何继续保护患者的隐私提供一些建议。
