Physicians' practice profiles and the patient's right to know.
Recent legislation has made physician practice profiles publicly available in many states of the United States. This paper examines the ethical reasoning underlying such a move. It concludes that, on balance, such an initiative is ethically appropriate and should be followed by other jurisdictions.
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Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D007255:Information Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States