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4th Annual Women In Law Leadership Lecture, Roger Williams University School Of Law
4th Annual Women In Law Leadership Lecture, Roger Williams University School Of Law
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Family Privacy And Death: Antigone, War, And Medical Research, George J. Annas
Family Privacy And Death: Antigone, War, And Medical Research, George J. Annas
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Death ends the doctor–patient relationship, and legally the patient's right of privacy dies with the patient. Other privacy interests survive, the most central of which are those of the patient's family to bury the body and to prevent the disclosure of some personal information, such as medical information, about the deceased relative. Just what privacy interests encompass and when they can be overridden by other interests — such as freedom of speech or the claims of public policy or medical research — are evolving.1 Family privacy concerning a family member who has died is at the forefront of a …