title: Physicians' practice profiles and the patient's right to know.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kluge
mesh_terms: 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