Chapter three continuation
Disclosure with patient’s consent
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A patient can give his consent for disclosure either expressly or implicitly. Implies consent arises only in certain limited circumstances as for instances when records are disclosed to other medical agency for the purpose of continued treatment. Express consent is obtained when the patient signs the a document authorizing the hospital to disclose his medical history for some special purpose. In general the consent form should always indicate the reason for disclosure, and no disclosure should be made except for that reason. If the reason and purpose change, specific consent should again be obtained. When the consent form reaches the hospital, the hospital is at liberty to disclosure and the patient would have no ground for complaint if the disclosure was wider than intended. In case where request for clinical information are received fro solicitors claiming to be acting on behave of the patients care should be taken to make sure that the solicitors really are acting on behave of the patient, and not on the fact against them. Request from insurance companies and similar bodies should only be acceded to with the patient’s written consent but should be referred to the hospital authorities. Download 71.83 Kb. Share with your friends:
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