It is supposed that the doctors should keep secretly the patients information but, they do it always?the answer to this question is negative, because in some cases the doctors are authorized to publish this confidential information. The duty to keep the information of the patient privately is written in the ethical codes of several medical organizations.
Some exceptions to this are for example:
Some exceptions to this are for example:
When this information is of public interest, reporting infectious diseases, in cases of sexual abuse or to warn potential victims of violence.
But the doctors not only must keep secret information OF his patients, sometimes they also have to keep secrets TO his patients an example of this is
when a doctor must tell to a 22 years old patient that if he doesn't receives a transplant soon, he is going to suffer a heart attack, but his father is really worried, he talks with the doctor and say: “He thinks he’s going to die. Please, he has lost all hope. Please tell him that if he does the things you say, he’s going to be O.K.”
if you were the doctor, would you keep this information in secretly without saying to your patient? ... Think about it!
