title: Confidentiality. 7: Human fertilization and embryology issues.
abstract: A woman who was having in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment was involved in a road accident. Her sister, a nurse, who was with her at the time, knew the drugs which she was taking as part of the IVF treatment and passed this information on to those caring for her in the accident and emergency department. Subsequently, the patient complained that this information should not have been passed on. She did not want anyone else to know that she was receiving fertility treatment. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D006113:United Kingdom