title: Confidentiality, patients and the law.
abstract: Doctors and nurses have a legal duty to respect their patients' confidentiality. Failure to do so could lead to removal from the register. This article discusses the issue of confidentiality and highlights the exceptions to the rule.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korgaonkar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tribe
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030881:Disclosure; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom