I believe that is an ethical requirement to inform the patient AFTER the
information is released, nothing at like Miranda.
On Jan 20, 2013, at 7:10 PM, Phil Lee maryland_al...@yahoo.com wrote:
There is a miranda-like requirement in the AMA code of conduct: When the
disclosure of
That's certainly one way of looking at it. Here is another.
In the eyes of the average citizen, one basic difference between the cop and
the doctor is that nobody is ever going to mistake the cop for a professional
that the citizen has personally hired in order to perform a service to his own
Well, I'm not sure why one would think that the
confidentiality of a doctor and a lawyer would be equivalent, given that the
law does not -- and to my knowledge, never has -- provided for such
equivalence. See, for instance, Cal. Civil Code sec. 998, which expressly
provides
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), but it is not strong enough to protect a patient generally.
Phil
From: Volokh, Eugene vol...@law.ucla.edu
To: Firearmsregprof firearmsregprof@lists.ucla.edu
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 3:47 PM
Subject: RE: Doctors asking patients about guns
It seems to me the Miranda principle cuts in precisely the
opposite direction. Recall that Miranda applies only when a police officer
questions a suspect who is in custody. Even though a police officer always has
some degree of coercive authority, non-custodial questioning
