--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of shempmcgurk
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:09 AM
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Deepak, Maharishi, and
> "doctor-patient
> confidentiality"
>
>
>
>
> ...but that legal twilight zone is centered around
> two issues:
>
> 1) is it only the deceased that can give permission
> to the physician
> to divulge; or
>
> 2) is it the estate of the deceased.
>
> And in neither of the above cases would Deepak get
> that permission.
> In #1, MMY is dead and in #2 it is unlikely because
> the TMO doesn't
> like Chopra.
>
> There is virtually no question whether it is a case
> of the doctor
> unilaterally deciding to divulge...unless you know
> something I don't?
>
>
>
> Deepak was serving as Maharishis physician, among
> others, but theres was a
> personal relationship more than a medical one.
> Deepak is telling his
> personal story here, and mentioning medical details
> only as they are an
> essential part of that story.
Even divulging that you are someone's doctor without
the consent of the patient is an ethics violation. So,
Chopra actually is behaving, according to most
professional ethics standards, in an unethical manner.
I'm glad he is though because his experiences with
MMY are invaluable to hear.
>
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