title: Addiction and the law: confidentiality to disclosure.
abstract: With growing demands for access to medical records, confidentiality and privacy will increasingly compete with professional desire for collaboration and the need for reimbursement. Physicians need to be aware of medicolegal safeguards.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014342:Truth Disclosure