title: WhatsApp, Doc?
abstract: Confidentiality underpins the trust between doctors and patients. As far back as the 2nd century BC, the great Indian physician, Charak, had stated: "Nothing that happens in the house of the sick man must be told outside, nor must the patient's condition be told to anyone who might do harm by that knowledge to the patient or to another".
authors.affiliation: Consultant and Clinical Lead, Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Crosshouse, Lister Street, Kilmarnock KA2 0BE, UK,. abhijit.bal@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Abhijit M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bal
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000941:ethics*; D030881:Disclosure / Q000941:ethics*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D010820:Physicians; D018907:Privacy; D035502:Trust