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This 8 page paper considers UK medical law and the issue of confidentiality and recent developments it the law. The paper starts with an expansion of past statutes and outlines the circumstances under which confidence can be breached and then looks at the impact that may be seen with the Hunan Rights Act, specifically article 8. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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is an established precedent under common law, however, it may also be seen as a doctrine that has come under attack in recent years as well as gaining some potential
support from the Human Rights Act 1998, which cam into force in 2000. There have been many issues arise over the last few years that have re-ignited the interest
in confidentiality, its boundaries as well as the areas where it is and is not appropriate. This may be seen as an ethical debate, especially where the issues concern others
as well as the patient. There are many example, but one is that of the advent of HIV and the demands for access to information about the HIV status of
both patients and healthcare works by those whom they interact with. There are a range statutes that have occurred which have impacted on tissue of confidentiality, most of which
have been measures that will compel the information to be disclosed, some of which have built on former statutes and some of which are in response social needs and contemporary
developments. National Health Service Act 1977 Section 124 and regulation (1982 SI. No. 286) are the areas that compel doctors to notify of births and deaths (Davies, 1998). It
also makes sense that there will be some conditions that should be notified due to their potential to enter the population as a whole these are mostly communicable diseases that
can impact on public health. These may be seen as issues where there is the need to consider the good of the many above the confidentiality of the single patient
(Davies, 1998). This is covered under the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and also the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1988 (Davies, 1998). Abortion may
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