Medical Confidentiality and Legal Privilege

Jean V. McHale is Lecturer in Law at the University of Nottingham.

• 1 SHOULD THE DOCTOR TELL? 2 COMPARISONS AND INCONSISTENCIES 3 CONFIDENTIALITY: A PRINCIPLE TO BE PROTECTED? 4 CONFIDENTIALITY: RHETORIC OR REALITY? 5 PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN PRIVILEGE ENACTMENT 6 MEDICAL PRIVILEGE, COSTS AND APPLICATION

`[McHale's] considered opinion is an excellent starting point to finding some way of preserrving the vestiges of medical confidentiality.' - - Natalie-Jane McDonald, British Medical Journal`This is an impressive book and a fine example of the way in which ethics and law combine in discussions of issues in mesical ethics. I certainly recommend it to anyone working in the firlds of health care ethics or medical law.' - Heather Draper, Journal of Applied Ethics`This interesting and well written book ... should be a useful addition to the library of those who are interested in confidentiality and the dilemmas it creates.' - A. McCall Smith, Journal of Medical Ethics