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  2. Physician–patient privilege - Wikipedia

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    Physician–patient privilege is a legal concept, related to medical confidentiality, that protects communications between a patient and their doctor from being used against the patient in court. It is a part of the rules of evidence in many common law jurisdictions.

  3. Admitting privileges - Wikipedia

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    An admitting privilege is the right of a doctor to admit patients to a hospital for medical treatment without first having to go through an emergency department.This is generally restricted to doctors on the hospital staff, although in some countries such as Canada and the United States, both general practitioners and specialists can have admitting privileges.

  4. Medical ethics - Wikipedia

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    Confidentiality is commonly applied to conversations between doctors and patients. [68] This concept is commonly known as patient-physician privilege. Legal protections prevent physicians from revealing their discussions with patients, even under oath in court.

  5. Therapeutic privilege - Wikipedia

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    Recognising that therapeutic privilege provides doctors with a significant amount of power over the patient, the court of the Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board 2015 case ruled therapeutic privilege ‘is not intended to subvert that principle by enabling the doctor to prevent the patient from making an informed choice where she is liable to ...

  6. Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California - Wikipedia

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    Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976), was a case in which the Supreme Court of California held that mental health professionals have a duty to protect individuals who are being threatened with bodily harm by a patient.

  7. Professional courtesy - Wikipedia

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    Professional courtesy generally refers to the etiquette extended between members of the same profession. The concept of professional courtesy is believed to have originated within the ancient practice of medicine whereby physicians provided services to other physicians without charge.

  8. Category:Physicians - Wikipedia

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    Individual physicians (medical doctors) should be in the appropriate country (and specialty) category. ... Physician–patient privilege; Physician-scientist ...

  9. Patients' rights - Wikipedia

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    Right to confidentiality, human dignity and privacy: Doctors should observe strict confidentiality of a patient's condition, with the only exception of potential threats to public health. In case of a physical inspection by a male doctor on a female patient, the latter has the right to have a female person present throughout the procedure.