title: Physician-patient confidentiality. Time to re-examine a venerable concept in light of contemporary society and advances in medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Friedland
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D030881:Disclosure; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005190:Family; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States