McConnell T
Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
J Med Ethics. 1994 Mar;20(1):47-9. doi: 10.1136/jme.20.1.47.
Codes of medical ethics issued by professional organizations typically contain statements affirming the importance of confidentiality between patients and health-care practitioners. Seldom, however, is the confidentiality obligation depicted as absolute. Instead, exceptions are noted, the most common of which is that health-care professionals are justified in breaching the confidence of a patient if required by law to do so. Reasons that might be given to support this exception are critically discussed in this paper. The conclusion argued for is that this is not a legitimate exception to the confidentiality rule.
专业组织发布的医学伦理准则通常包含声明，确认患者与医疗从业者之间保密的重要性。然而，保密义务很少被描述为绝对的。相反，会指出一些例外情况，其中最常见的是，如果法律要求，医疗专业人员有理由违背患者的保密要求。本文对可能支持这一例外情况的理由进行了批判性讨论。文中主张的结论是，这不是保密规则的合法例外。
