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Keeping And Disclosing Information About Patient According To Psychiatric Ethics
Dr. Hayrettin KARA,a Dr. M. Yücel AĞARGÜNa
aPsikiyatri AD, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, VAN
Confidentiality is often accepted the sine qua non of psyhiatric treatment. When confidentiality is absent, it is considered, that the patient would refuse to apply to psychiatric care and fail to share the information needed to accomplish teratment. With the increasing complexity of contemporary society, confidentiality has gained different dimensions. The patient oriented Hippocratic tradition has become less useful to today’s practitioner. In this review, we discuss confidentiality from its ethical aspects including some of the empirical data on confidentiality.Keywords: Psychiatry, ethics, confidentialityTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Ethics 1996,4:16-18
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