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JCB · 18-05-2013, 16:33

This is a piece from a BBC News website about the Hippocratic Oath :--

" Confidentiality
The penultimate section deals with confidentiality and reads: "And about whatever I may see or hear in treatment, or even without treatment, in the life of human beings, I will remain silent, holding such things to be unutterable."
As today, patients in ancient times shared deeply personal information with doctors on the assumption that their details would not be revealed to others."

I think it says it all .

18-05-2013, 16:33	#10
JCB Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: accy Posts: 1,148 Liked: 288 times Rep Power: 26562	Re: is this a step too far ? This is a piece from a BBC News website about the Hippocratic Oath :-- " Confidentiality The penultimate section deals with confidentiality and reads: "And about whatever I may see or hear in treatment, or even without treatment, in the life of human beings, I will remain silent, holding such things to be unutterable." As today, patients in ancient times shared deeply personal information with doctors on the assumption that their details would not be revealed to others." I think it says it all .